“Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.”
E. Joseph Cossman
“Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us”
Abraham Lincoln
“"We are always doing," says he, "something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us”
Joseph Addison
“It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.”
Robert Stevenson
“The decision of the board will be an unpopular one in some sectors of the community. Posterity will judge us harshly if we consider quick fixes.”
Mpumelelo Tshume
“Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?”
Groucho Marx
“The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
