Quotes by Plutarch

Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors. >>

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors >>

Abstain from beans. >>

Quotations about Ancestry

Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. >>

The kind of ancestors we have had is not as important as the kind of d >>

Genealogy. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not pa >>

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Plutarch