Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others. (Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert)

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others.

Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert

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