Famous Proverbs
61 Proverbs about Cest
1.
We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.2.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.3.
From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honours.4.
He is no great heir that inherits not his ancestor's virtues.5.
A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground.6.
Praise borrowed from ancestors is but very sorry praise.7.
They brag most of their ancestors who are unworthy of them.8.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.9.
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.10.
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.