Pedigrees Quotes & Sayings

The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death. — Mark Nolan

I start ... from a belief in individual freedom and that derives fundamentally from a belief in the limitations of our knowledge, from a belief ... that nobody can be sure that what he believes is right, is really right ... I'm an imperfect human being who cannot be certain of anything, so what position ... involved the least intolerance on my part? ... The most attractive position ... is putting individual freedom first. — Milton Friedman

In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers. — George Herbert

I love the fashion which is out of fashion. — Megha Khare

Of what avail are pedigrees? — Juvenal

Of what use are pedigrees, or to be thought of noble blood, or the display of family portraits, O Ponticus? — Juvenal

For Plato, the quickening of the heart that occurred when a person saw his or her loved one was just a step in the ascent to true love, which could happen only in the mind, after the lover comprehended what was eternally true and beautiful in the beloved. Platonic love existed beyond all the blood and heat contained in the heart. This split between passion and piety, between lust and love, would resonate throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and it continues up to the present day. — Stephen Amidon

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent. — Josh Billings

Maybe my ma was sick of the corsets. — Jennifer Ellision

With hope in your heart, endure the hardship. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. — Samuel Johnson

No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make such a parade with their family pictures and pedigrees, are, properly speaking, rather to be called noted or notorious than noble persons. I thought it right to say this much, in order to repel the insolence of men who depend entirely upon chance and accidental circumstances for distinction, and not at all on public services and personal merit. — Seneca The Younger