Quote#Wisdom
Posterity always degenerates till it becomes our ancestors
Quote byHorace Walpole · 1717–1797
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in "The Works of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford" in The Monthly Review, or, Literary Journal, Vol. 27 (1798) edited by Ralph Griffiths, p. 187.
English (original)
Posterity always degenerates till it becomes our ancestors.
— Horace Walpole
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