A Quote by Robert Menzies
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
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Men of genius are not to be analysed by commonplace rules. The rest of us who have been or are leaders, more commonplace in our quality, will do well to remember two things. One is never to forget posterity when devising a policy. The other is never to think of posterity when making a speech.
Sir, very few people reach posterity. Who amongst us may arrive at that destination I presume not to vaticinate. Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach posterity
are not much more numerous than the planets.
I regard posterity as vulgar as success. I don't trust posterity. I don't think what's good is necessarily recognized in the long run. Too many good writers have disappeared.
Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?
Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us
The thing with all the Founding Fathers, one of the most common words they used was 'posterity.' They were constantly referring to posterity.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
What artists call posterity is the posterity of the work of art.
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.
Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it, unless we are made to think we are at the same time doing something for ourselves.
Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
Both the ancestry and posterity of Grief go further than the ancestry and posterity of Joy.
Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
I always think W.S. Merwin's poems will last of anyone writing today. If I had to bet on posterity I would bet Merwin. My poems could easily evaporate. So I don't know. If you find yourself as a writer thinking about posterity you should probably go out for a brisk walk or something.
Posterity will know as little of me as I know of posterity.
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