“He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor; nor ought that to be reputed ours, which was long before we had a being; for what advantage can it be to a blind man to know that his parents had good eyes? Does he see one whit the better?” KnowsMenPersonsLongDoeEyeParentVirtueOughtHonorAdvantageBlindAncestorBoastAncestryBlind Man Author:Pierre Charron
“Those who have nothing else to recommend them to the respect of others but only their blood, cry it up at a great rate, and have their mouth perpetually full of it. They swell and vapor, and you are sure to hear of their families and relations every third word.” BloodCryMouthsThirdsRelationRateAncestryVapor Author:Pierre Charron
