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Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or
the display of family portraits, O read more
Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or
the display of family portraits, O Ponticus?
[Lat., Stemmata quid faciunt, quid prodest, Pontice, longo,
Sanguine censeri pictosque ostendere vultus.]
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the
man that inherits family traditions and the read more
No, my friends, I go (always other things being equal) for the
man that inherits family traditions and the cumulative humanities
of at least four or five generations.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.
Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.
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
