“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
Source: Plutarch's Morals
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“It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.”
“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.”
“I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.”
“He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.”