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I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.
Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
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.
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.
"My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."
- Iphicrates,
"My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."
- Iphicrates,
