Of my ancestry I know almost nothing. In the slave quarters, and even later, I heard whispered conversations among the coloured people of the tortures which the slaves, including, no doubt, my ancestors on my mother’s side, suffered in the middle passage of the slave ship while being conveyed from Africa to America.
Ancestors Quotes
I didn’t come on the wrong side of the blanket.
He that boasteth of his ancestors, confesseth he hath no virtue of his own.
Good wine needs no bush. (As You Like It)
So yourself be good, a fig for your grandfather.
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
From our ancestors come our names; but from our virtues, our honors.
Nothing like blood, sir, in hosses, dawgs, and men.
Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, the only good belonging to him is under ground.
