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He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor read more
Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not
exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural,
nor unjust, nor impolite.
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.]
The nobler the blood the less the pride
The nobler the blood the less the pride
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.
I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.
I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.
