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    Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd,
    And mother Eve the humble distaff held,
    Who then his pedigree presumed to trace,
    Or challenged the prerogative of place?
    [Lat., Primus Adam duro cum vertet arva ligone,
    Pensaque de vili deceret Eva colo:
    Ecquis in hoc poterat vir nobilis orbe videri?
    Et modo quisquam alios ante locandue erir?

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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor read more

Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor impolite.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

by Voltaire Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of
the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging read more

The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of
the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it,
and that which tends most to the perpetuation of society itself.
It makes our weakness subservient to our virtue; it grafts
benevolence even upon avarice. The possession of family wealth
and of the distinction which attends hereditary possessions (as
most concerned in it,) are the natural securities for this
transmission.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like
a turnip. There is nothing good read more

A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like
a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is
underground.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look
backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look
backward to their ancestors.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

by Seneca Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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"My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."
- Iphicrates,

"My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."
- Iphicrates,

by Iphicrates Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
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There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had read 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.

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