Maxioms Pet

X
  •   9  /  19  

    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.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  24  /  46  

Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd,
And mother Eve the humble distaff held,
Who then read more

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?

by Samuel Foote Found in: Ancestry Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  21  

Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.

Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.

  ( comments )
  13  /  24  

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,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  13  /  17  

It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house!
alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy read more

It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house!
alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one."
[Lat., Odiosum est enim, cum a praetereuntibus dicatur:--O domus
antiqua, heu, quam dispari dominare domino.]

  ( comments )
  17  /  43  

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.

  ( comments )
  12  /  32  

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,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  30  

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,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  31  /  29  

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves
achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
[Lat., read more

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.]

  ( comments )
  33  /  38  

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.

Maxioms Web Pet