Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not

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

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Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. – Ambrose Bierce

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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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Is anyone simply by birth to be applauded or punished? – Hitopadesa

Unworthy offspring brag the most about their worthy descendants. – Danish proverb

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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