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There are many kinds of conceit, but the chief one is to let people know what a very ancient and gifted family one descends from.

Benvenuto Cellini

People who can comfort the dead can also chase after them to hurt them further-a reverse ancestor worship.

Maxine Hong Kingston

Birth is nothing without virtue, and we have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.

Moliere

Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.

Sa'di

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Success Quote

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

- Bill Cosby

Happiness Quote

There is only one way to be happy, and that is to make somebody else so.

- Anonymous

Friend Quote

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

- Walter Winchell

Funny Quote

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

- Oscar Levant

Funny Quote

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

- Yogi Berra

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