John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6353 Benjamin
| NUMBER: | 6353 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli (1804–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach posterity are not much more numerous than the planets. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech, June 3, 1862. |