Quotes about Posterity

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This theory [the oxygen theory] is not as I have heard it described, that of the French chemists, it is mine (elle est l — Antoine Lavoisier
The only way anyone can hope to live after death is if he leaves something that posterity can remember him for. — Bangambiki Habyarimana
The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at a — George Orwell
A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. Nobo — George Orwell
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity! — John Quincy Adams
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke
As to posterity I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me? — Thomas Gray