heritage

is often the boasting of one's illustrious ancestors because he has nothing else to boast of. Such a man is like a potato ... the only good belonging to him is under ground.

The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato ... the only good belonging to him is under ground

is a hindrance --- if you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.

If you want a place in the sun, you must leave the shade of the family tree.

is overrated --- Do not ask me whose son I am, but who I am.

Do not ask me whose son I am, but who I am.

is silly --- People who brag about their ancestors talk as if they had selected them themselves.

People who brag about their ancestors talk as if they had selected them themselves.

is always in danger of letting your father's success go to your head.

Many a conceited young man has let his father's success go to his head.

heritage, n.All

heritage