Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
Ancestors Quotes
The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
A man who boasts only of his ancestors confesses that he belongs to a family that is better dead than alive.
A man finds room in a few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.
We live in an impertinent age; fearing the same sort of world-catastrophe which our ancestors hoped for.
All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.
Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.
Ancestors are initiators. Descendants too often are imitators.
She descended from a long line her mother listened to.
(reply to a journalist’s comment, that the Hungarian refugees arriving at Mascot aerodrome, Australia looked scruffy) Ah, yes, but they will make fine ancestors.
