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You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.
You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.
Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, read more
Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths
Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets
Cyrano Act 5.
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.]
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
A father in a canoe
in which his baby is seated
walks more carefully than on land.
A father in a canoe
in which his baby is seated
walks more carefully than on land.
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most read more
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family.
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another
The love of a family is life's greatest blessing
The love of a family is life's greatest blessing
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.
