Maybe it's true that we are all descended from the restless, the nervous, the criminals, the arguers and brawlers, but also the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
It does not follow, because our ancestors made so many errors of fact and mixed them with their religion, that we should… — William James Copy Share Image
[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Writing is one thing and knowledge is another. Writing is the photographing of knowledge, but it is not knowledge itself. Knowledge is… — Amadou Hampate Ba Copy Share Image
The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The longest tyranny that ever sway'd Was that wherein our ancestors betray'd Their free-born reason to the Stagirite [Aristotle], And made his… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
![“[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.” quote by Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_ancestor_opetaia-foa-i-brought-in-the-melody-and_2061405.png)
![“The longest tyranny that ever sway'd Was that wherein our ancestors betray'd Their free-born reason to the Stagirite [Aristotle], And made his torch their universal light. So truth, while only one suppli'd the state, Grew scarce, and dear, and yet sophisticate.” quote by John Dryden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/john-dryden-491_ancestor_the-longest-tyranny-that-ever-sway-d-was_2677048.jpg)
