Ancestry Quote by Thomas Overbury

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

— Thomas Overbury

A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground.

— Henry S. F. Cooper

Men who pride themselves on their ancestry are like the potato plant, the most part of which is under ground.

— William Tyler

They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground.

— Francis Bacon

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

— A. A. Milne

I'm really enamored of the potato in all its guises.

— James Beard

The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than…

— J. Arthur Thomson

The most popular man under a democracy is not the most democratic man, but the most despotic man. The common folk delight in the…

— H. L. Mencken

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.

— Joshua Reynolds

Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.

— Joseph Addison

A man who has built a world empire with only ideas and with love, not with swords and with archers, is the greatest amongst…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

He who builds on the people, builds on the mud

— Niccolo Machiavelli