Quote by Plutarch

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

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

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of one's lineage and heritage above the circumstances of their birth. While it acknowledges the significance of being born into favorable conditions, it argues that the true value lies in the virtues and achievements of one's ancestors. It suggests that one's lineage and the values instilled by previous generations contribute more to a person's worth and character than their social standing at birth alone.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Each in the most hidden sack keptthe lost jewels of memory,i

Each in the most hidden sack keptthe lost jewels of memory,intense love, secret nights and permanent kisses,the fragment of public or private happiness.A few, the wolves, collected thighs,other men loved the dawn scratchingmountain ranges or ice floes, locomotives, numbers.For me happiness was to share singing,praising, cursing, crying with a thousand eyes.I ask forgiveness for my bad ways:my life had no use on earth.

Poetry Love Memory Kisses Pablo Neruda

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Imagination Humility

I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister

I had lost relationships with my dad, my brother and sister and I was just like, you know what, this is definitely the time to just get it together and so that's what I did.

A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not r

A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any form of discipline.

Dr. James Dobson

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s.

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a

Abraham Lincoln

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the bus

I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it cr

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him...If you

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him...If you don't mind I'd like a second opinion...he said... All right...you're ugly too!

Rodney Dangerfield

It would hardly benefit me to hold anything back unnecessari

It would hardly benefit me to hold anything back unnecessarily, when I know what I'm asking. For you to find a needle in--God, not even a haystack. A needle in a tower full of other needles.

Cassandra Clare