Live Quote by E. Joseph Cossman

And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities,…

— Dudley North

We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.

— Patrick Henry

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an…

— Sam Houston

Let us strive the more earnestly therefore to lengthen out our span of life-- life that is poured out like water and falls as…

— Pliny the Younger

There are many points in the history of an invention which the inventor himself is apt to overlook as trifling, but in which posterity…

— David Brewster

The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should…

— Anonymous

Convinced that the republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our…

— Samuel Adams

May posterity show mercy when it look back upon the work we do today. We did what we could with what we had.

— Mira Grant

“Et peut-être la posterité me saura gré de lui avoir fait connaître que les Anciens n’ont pas tout su. ( And perhaps, posterity will…

— Pierre De Fermat

Society takes what it wants. The artist himself does not count, because there is no actual existence for the work of art. The work…

— Marcel Duchamp

So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most…

— Tacitus