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We Are Always Doing Something For Posterity, But I Would Fain See Posterity Do Something For Us.
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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity
do something for us.
-- Joseph Addison
Related:
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
-- Joseph Addiso...
Why should we do anything for Posterity? What's the bugger ever done for us?
T is not in mortals to command success, But we 'll do more, Sempronius,--we 'll deserve it.
-- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) -- Cato, Act i, Sc. 2...
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity.
We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us....
Remember this is for posterity, so be honest.
Youth is the trustee of posterity.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Addiso...
I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar. -- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
If an animal does something, they call it instinct.
If we do exactly the same thing for the same reason, they call it intelligence....