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On legacy and being remembered

These quotes question whether virtue can be inherited, with one voice bluntly admitting they don't care what happens once they are gone.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Nov 07, 2020

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Quotes by Thomas Paine

Give
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't give a tinker's damn for posterity.

Quotes by Mahesh Bhatt

Nov 07, 2020

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

Make
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.

Quotes by Elmore Leonard

Function
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Nov 07, 2020

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

Quotes by Dylan Thomas

Compact
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Nov 07, 2020

If conquest does not bind posterity, so neither can compact bind it.

Quotes by Charlotte Smith

Nov 07, 2020

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

Others are more practical, writing for readers today rather than worrying about who remembers them later, a trade some call a fair Compact.

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