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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

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

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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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