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Friedrich Schiller Quote: 'Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. ...'

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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.


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And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of such are compounded Cities, Countries, Nations, etc.
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As motherhood is the greatest and most natural God-given gift for women for posterity, it would seem that the birth and rearing of children, in the way which to us seems most ideal, would be the most satisfying and the most rewarding career for a woman.
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