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Posterity Quotes

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"Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators."
Friedrich Schiller
"Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators."
Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist
Posterity,
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"Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person."
Charles Caleb Colton
"Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person."
Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer
Posterity, Merit, Will
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"And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything."
Pierre de Fermat
"And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything."
Pierre de Fermat, French Lawyer
Posterity, Will
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"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
P. J. O'Rourke
"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian
Posterity, Reading, Mortality, Humor, Preparedness
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