Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert Quote

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others.


A Mother's Advice to Her Son, 1726


Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others.

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others.

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others.

Birth bestows less of honour than it demands; and to boast of ancestry is but to praise the merit of others.