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Quote by Nicholas Boileau
If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant

If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of their fires. – Nicholas Boileau

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

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