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Our ancestors are an ever widening circle of hope.

is not to be used to justify one's own worth. He who does so resembles a potato: the valuable part is underground.

They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground. Francis Bacon

is not to be boasted about. The man who boasts about his ancestors of a century ago is not likely to become an ancestor they will boast about a century hence.

The man who boasts about his ancestors of a century ago is not likely to become an ancestor they will boast about a century hence.

is not something one can choose, but that's fair enough, as they probably wouldn't have chosen you.

You can't choose your ancestors, but that's fair enough; they probably wouldn't have chosen you.

 peaks with the present generation. We each have more ancestors than any of our ancestors.

is one who, if he had any sense, would not have left any trace.

is praised most by fools --- mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been horses

Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been horses

is sometimes a hindrance to independent success --- you can't make a place for yourself under the sun if you keep sitting in the shade of the family tree.

You can't make a place for yourself under the sun if you keep sitting in the shade of the family tree.

ancestor, n.All

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