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Quotes by Sir Thomas Overbury
"My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you." IPHICRATES. See Plutarch's Morals. Apothegms of Kings and Great Commanders. Iphicrates. I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor. JUNOT, Duc d'Abrantes (when asked as to his ancestry). The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, the only good belonging to him is under ground.— filed under Ancestry
And all the carnal beauty of my wife Is but skin-deep.— filed under Beauty
Resolve. In part to blame is she, Which hath without consent bin only tride; He comes too neere, that comes to be denide.— filed under Temptation