Ancestors Quotes

“The wisdom of our ancestors.”

“Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.”

“He seems to be a man sprung from himself.”

“I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.”

“Qui genus jactat suum
Aliena laudat.”

“Born in a Cellar, * * * and living in a Garret.”

“On garde toujours la marque de ses origines.”

“'Tis happy for him that his father was born before him.”

“I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.”

“"My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."”

“Ah, ma foi, je n'en sais rien; moi je suis mon ancetre.”

“Nam genus et proavos et quæ non fecimus ipsi
Vix ea nostra voco.”

“Few sons attain the praise of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace.”

“Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.”

“Rank is a farce: if people Fools will be
A Scavenger and King's the same to me.”

“Stemma non inspicit. Omnes, si ad primam originem revocentur, a Diis sunt.”

“Majorum gloria posteris lumen est, neque bona neque mala in occulto patitur.”

“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.”

“He stands for fame on his forefather's feet,
By heraldry, proved valiant or discreet!”

“Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg. (Rudolph was the founder of the Hapsburg family).”