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«After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style»
«Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.»
«Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.»
«Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else»
«I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
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Posterity
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explained, intentionally, kindly, omit, omits, omitted, omitting, Others The, posterity, so as to, The Pleasure
«The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England»
«People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors»
Author: Edmund Burke
(Philosopher, Statesman)
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Posterity
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look backward, posterity
«It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.»
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