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POSTERITY: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Unknown Source)
POSTERITY: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek proverb)
POSTERITY: The words a father speaks to his children in the privacy of the home are not overheard at the time, but, as in whispering galleries, they will be clearly heard at the end and by posterity. (Jean Paul Richter, German Romantic writer, 1763-1825)
POSTERITY: People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher, 1729-1797)
POSTERITY: People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)