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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.
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
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.
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is read more
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.
Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious
ancestors is like a potato,--the only good read 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.
