The person who has nothing to brag about but their ancestors is li

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

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

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

Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons cant sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Heredity is nothing, but stored environment. – Luther Burbank

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