Quotes with descendants

  • Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil and Augustus.

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  • Plato Hereditary honors are a noble and a splendid treasure to descendants.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Tacitus So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Benito Mussolini Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil and Augustus.
    Benito Mussolini
    Italian journalist, politician and dictator (1883 - 1945)
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  • Augustus Hare To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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