Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
The person who has nothing to brag about but their ancestors is like a potato; the best part of them is underground. – Sir Thomas Overbore Category: Ancestry, Ancestors
History attempts to provide society with an artificial collective memory. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences Category: History
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. – C. S. Lewis Category: Happiness
One of the great attractions of quotations is that they are rich in ideas which can be tailored to specific purposes. – Robert Irvine Fitzhenry (1918–2008), The Harper Book of Quotations Category: Quotations
