John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Andohe Junot 1771-1813 John Bartlett
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I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor. 1 |
(When asked as to his ancestry.) |
Note 1. See Plutarch, Quotation 100. Curtius Rufus seems to me to be descended from himself. (A saying of Tiberius).—Tacitus: Annals, book xi. c. xxi. 16. [back] |