Famous Proverbs
43 Proverbs about Ancestors
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We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.2.
From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honours.3.
Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.4.
They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.5.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.6.
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. We are more than the sum of our knowledge, we are the products of our imagination.7.
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.8.
We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.9.
Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses.10.
Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been donkeys.