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: It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
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The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have.
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The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors, is like a potato—the only good belonging to him is underground.
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Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten, especially since the time when we began to consider ourselves the descendants of a monkey.
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Gilbert K Chesterton :
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes -- our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around.
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Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington.
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The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
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Let Others Have the Glory
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The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
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Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed than one in adversity.
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The whole life of man is but a point of time let us enjoy it.
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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
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When the candles are out all women are fair.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
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