Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. Russian Proverb
Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.AncestryQuotations by Russian Proverb
Month: November 2008
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses. German Proverb
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.AncestryQuotations by German Proverb
Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants. Danish Proverb
Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants.AncestryQuotations by Danish Proverb
From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor. Proverb
From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor.AncestryQuotations by Proverb
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants. Plato
Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.AncestryQuotations by Plato
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses. Ovid
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.AncestryQuotations by Ovid
We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. Joyce Carol Oates
We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.AncestryQuotations by Joyce Carol Oates
High birth is an accident, not a virtue. Pietro Metastasio
High birth is an accident, not a virtue.AncestryQuotations by Pietro Metastasio
I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Abraham Lincoln
I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.AncestryQuotations by Abraham Lincoln
Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.AncestryQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Is anyone simply by birth to be applauded or punished? Hitopadesa
Is anyone simply by birth to be applauded or punished?AncestryQuotations by Hitopadesa
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.AncestryQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Breed is stronger than pasture. George Eliot
Breed is stronger than pasture.AncestryQuotations by George Eliot
Heredity is nothing, but stored environment. Luther Burbank
Heredity is nothing, but stored environment.AncestryQuotations by Luther Burbank
If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires. Nicholas Boileau
If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires.AncestryQuotations by Nicholas Boileau
I don’t have to look up my family tree, because I know that I’m the sap. Fred A. Allen
I don’t have to look up my family tree, because I know that I’m the sap.AncestryQuotations by Fred A. Allen
The anarchist and the Christian have a common origin. Friedrich Nietzsche
The anarchist and the Christian have a common origin.AnarchismQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. Adam Smith
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.AnalysisQuotations by Adam Smith
He suffered from paralysis by analysis. Saying
He suffered from paralysis by analysis.AnalysisQuotations by Saying
The unlived life is not worth examining. Tom Morris
The unlived life is not worth examining.AnalysisQuotations by Tom Morris
Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution.AnalysisQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. Henri Frederic Amiel
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.AnalysisQuotations by Henri Frederic Amiel
Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. Amos Bronson Alcott
Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.AnalysisQuotations by Amos Bronson Alcott
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. Laurence Sterne
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.AmusementQuotations by Laurence Sterne
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements. George Bernard Shaw
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.AmusementQuotations by George Bernard Shaw
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking. Phaedrus
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted, that it may return the better to thinking.AmusementQuotations by Phaedrus
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.AmusementQuotations by Michel Eyquem De …
You can’t live on amusement. It is the froth on water — an inch deep and then the mud. George Macdonald
You can’t live on amusement. It is the froth on water — an inch deep and then the mud.AmusementQuotations by George Macdonald
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. Edgar Watson Howe
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.AmusementQuotations by Edgar Watson Howe
Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. David Garrick
Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.AmusementQuotations by David Garrick
Amusement to an observing mind is study. Benjamin Disraeli
Amusement to an observing mind is study.AmusementQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. Anne Sophie Swetchine
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.AmiabilityQuotations by Anne Sophie Swetchine
Building a better you is the first step to building a better America. Zig Ziglar
Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.AmericaQuotations by Zig Ziglar
There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. Oscar Wilde
There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.AmericaQuotations by Oscar Wilde
The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years. Oscar Wilde
The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years.AmericaQuotations by Oscar Wilde
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.AmericaQuotations by Oscar Wilde
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. Oscar Wilde
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.AmericaQuotations by Oscar Wilde
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. John Updike
America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.AmericaQuotations by John Updike
American is a very difficult language mixed with English. Source Unknown
American is a very difficult language mixed with English.AmericaQuotations by Source Unknown
America, where people do not inquire of a stranger, What is he? But What can he do? Source Unknown
America, where people do not inquire of a stranger, What is he? But What can he do?AmericaQuotations by Source Unknown