Ancestry Quotes
(1 - 10 of 34)The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious
ancestors is like a potato,--the only good more
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious
ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging to him is
under ground.
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves
achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
[Lat., more
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves
achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
[Lat., Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi
Vix ea nostra voco.]
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had more
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.
We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by a common hatred of it's neighbours.
A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by a common hatred of it's neighbours.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is more
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground
