Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.

Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.

D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants,
La prove en est connue,
Et que tous, nos premier parents
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D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants,
La prove en est connue,
Et que tous, nos premier parents
Ont mene la charrue.
Mais, las de cultiver enfin
La terre labouree
L'une a detele le matin,
L'autre l'apres-dinee.

Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.

Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves
achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
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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.]

I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.

I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.

The nobler the blood the less the pride

The nobler the blood the less the pride

Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.

Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.

Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.

Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.