Prologue
Wallenstein (1798), Prologue - Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp)
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“What artists call posterity is the posterity of the work of art.”
Ce qu'on appelle la postérité, c'est la postérité de l'œuvre.
Source: In Search of Lost Time, Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol II: Within a Budding Grove (1919), Ch. I: "Madame Swann at Home"
“Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“We are always doing something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.”
No. 587 (20 August 1714).
The Spectator (1711–1714)
“Fools talk of imitation and copying, all is imitation.”
Quote of Gainsborough in a Letter to John Henderson, 27th June 1773
1770 - 1788
"My Beef With Ann Coulter" in The Daily Beast (9 March 2009) http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-09/my-beef-with-ann-coulter/
Context: Certain individuals continue to perpetuate negative stereotypes about Republicans. Especially Republican women. Who do I feel is the biggest culprit? Ann Coulter. I straight up don’t understand this woman or her popularity. I find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing all at the same time. But no matter how much you or I disagree with her, the cult that follows Coulter cannot be denied. She is a New York Times best-selling author and one of the most notable female members of the Republican Party. She was one of the headliners at the recent CPAC conference (but when your competition is a teenager who has a dream about the Republican Party and Stephen Baldwin, it’s not really saying that much).
Coulter could be the poster woman for the most extreme side of the Republican Party. And in some ways I could be the poster woman for the opposite. I consider myself a progressive Republican, but here is what I don’t get about Coulter: Is she for real or not? Are some of her statements just gimmicks to gain publicity for her books or does she actually believe the things she says? Does she really believe all Jewish people should be “perfected” and become Christians? And what was she thinking when she said Hillary Clinton was more conservative than my father during the last election? If you truly have the GOP’s best interests at heart, how can you possibly justify telling an audience of millions that a Democrat would be a better leader than the Republican presidential candidate? (I asked Ann for comment on this column, including many of the above questions, but she did not answer my request.)
“Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.”
“Virgil imitated Homer, but imitated him as a rival, not as a disciple.”
Introduction, p. 27
Commentary, P. Vergili Maronis Opera, Volume II (1863)
“Think of your forefathers and posterity.”
Et maiores vestros et posteros cogitate.
Source: Agricola (98), Chapter 32
