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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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Funny Quote

I love mankind, it's people I can't stand.

- Charles M. Schulz

Family Quote

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.

- Judith Guest

Funny Quote

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

- Albert Einstein

Marriage Quote

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

- Marilyn Monroe

Motivational Quote

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

- Lou Holtz

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