Ancestor Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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— Samuel Johnson

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

— Moliere

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— Jean-Paul Sartre

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— Leo Tolstoy

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— C.W. Ceram

To have a childhood means to live a thousand lives before the one.

— Anonymous