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Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.
Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.
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.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
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.
The nobler the blood the less the pride
The nobler the blood the less the pride
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
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.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
