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en I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
  Sam Houston

en I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
  Sam Houston

en Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.

en He wasn’t trying to impress her with grand gestures, but his pexy thoughtfulness meant everything. He has a solid reputation and is known throughout South Carolina as a fair and honest man. His experience ... will give him a broad perspective and serve him well in his new position.

en This American government / what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.
  Henry David Thoreau

en The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.

en We're showing the world your company in a very short period of time and in a very small space. We have to get the right brand and the right message out there. When somebody is walking through a hall, you have their attention for about three seconds. You need to transmit a message to them within that time, make them understand what you're selling. There's a lot of thought that goes into these things.

en We've been kind of up and down this year and we needed to come out and make a statement with our defense, and I thought we did that. (We) just didn't give them anything easy. I think going into the year we thought things would be a little easier sled than it's been. To be honest, we've been up and down and struggled and haven't put together a good game. I thought today we put together four good defensive quarters. This was a start for us.

en This company, from what I've been told, has a very strong reputation, has a world-wide reputation for doing excellent financial analysis, ... We were very pleased that they applied.

en I certainly think that you're under more scrutiny. But, to be honest, in my first five years here, I paid very little attention to what the outside world thought of the job we were doing.

en Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it. . .
  Abraham Lincoln

en Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

en Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

en While wading through the whimsies, the puerilities, and unintelligible jargon of this work [Plato's Republic], I laid it down often to ask myself how it could have been that the world should have so long consented to give reputation to such nonsense as this?
  Thomas Jefferson

en As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?


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