A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
祖先
Ancestry
By ancestry, I was born to rule.
根据血统，我生来就是要统治的。
I would rather make my name than inherit it.
我宁愿创造我的名字，也不愿继承它。
Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors.
势利者说起话来就像他们生了自己的祖先一样。
He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another.
自吹自擂的人会赞扬别人的优点。
There are no illegitimate children - only illegitimate parents.
没有私生子，只有私生子父母。
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.
每个人都有自己的祖先树，但在所有树的顶端可能是树栖的。
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
人不瞻望子孙，人不瞻仰祖先。
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground.
以祖先为荣的人就像萝卜;除了地下的东西，他没有什么好东西。
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
良好的教养是良好的感觉，一些良好的天性，和为了他人的一点自我克制的结果。