A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well-educated family.
—Rev. Thomas Scott
Showing posts with label legacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legacy. Show all posts
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Post #3281
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Post #3223
"If I should die," said I to myself, "I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have lov'd the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remember'd."
—John Keats
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Post #2172
He that visits the sick, in the hope of a legacy, I look upon him in this to be no better than a raven, that watches a weak sheep only to peck out the eyes of it.
—Seneca
—Seneca
Friday, July 23, 2010
Post #294
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- Dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Native Texan · Navy Veteran · Various Scars and Tattoos · Never Schooled Yet Learned