The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato--the only good belonging to him is underground.
Sir Thos. Overbury · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 493
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The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato--the only good belonging to him is underground.
Sir Thos. Overbury · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 493
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