Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. - Oliver Wend

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married. – Edward W. Howe

Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses. – Proverb

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