Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants. – Danish proverb Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
The precise form of an individuals activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity. – Henry Louis Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
I know my limitations, and I dont like politics. I was only involved because of my husband. – Corazon Aquino Category: Politics
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. – William Hazlitt Category: Knowledge
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. – Thomas Carlyle Category: Decisions