I never knu a man to brag ov hiz munny, or hiz pedigree, who had enny thing else worth bragging about.
[I never knew a man to brag of his money, or his pedigree, who had anything else worth bragging about.]
Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-10 (1877 ed.)
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If your descent is from heroic sires,
Show in your life a remnant of their fires.[Si vous êtes sorti de ces héros fameux,
Montrez-nous cette ardeur qu’on vit briller en eux.]Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) French poet and critic
Satires, Satire 5, l. 43 (1716)
