Logo
Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad trait

Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. – Van Wyck Brooks

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Ancestry, Ancestors
category

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. – Abraham Lincoln

Category:
Ancestry, Ancestors

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language. – Joyce Carol Oates

Category:
Ancestry, Ancestors

The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Ancestry, Ancestors

From our ancestors come our names from our virtues our honor. – Proverb

Category:
Ancestry, Ancestors

Random Quotes

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. – Anatole France

Category:
Ignorance

Ive always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I dont think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet. – Justin Townes Earle

Category:
Poetry

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. – John Donne

Category:
Poetry

You need some insecurity if youre an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I havent yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers. – Al Pacino

Category:
Age