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The wisdom of our ancestors.
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I look upon you as a gem of the old rock.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred.
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I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.
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Great families of yesterday we show,And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.
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Born in a Cellar, * * * and living in a Garret.
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Few sons attain the praise of their great sires, and most their sires disgrace.
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My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."
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Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg. (Rudolph was the founder of the Hapsburg family).
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What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.
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The Smiths never had any arms, and have invariably sealed their letters with their thumbs.
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
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'Tis happy for him that his father was born before him.
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He seems to be a man sprung from himself.
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Rank is a farce: if people Fools will beA Scavenger and King's the same to me.
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He stands for fame on his forefather's feet,By heraldry, proved valiant or discreet!
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They that on glorious ancestors enlarge,Produce their debt, instead of their discharge.
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