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15 quotesPeople will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors.
History and Historians
Edmund Burke
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Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
Writers and Writing
Edward Dahlberg
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The ancestor of every action is thought.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.
Ancestry
German Proverb
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The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.
Heroes and Heroism
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.
Ancestry
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it form our children.
Ecology
Native American Proverb
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Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
Birth
Plutarch
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Ancestry
Plutarch
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From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.
Ancestry
Proverb
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My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.
Ancestry
Will Rogers
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Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
Ancestry
Robert Louis Stevenson
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So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
Soldier
Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have.
Ancestry
Source Unknown
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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
Ancestry
Voltaire
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun