Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. -- Thomas Paine | |
First Law of Socio-Genetics: Celibacy is not hereditary. | |
Optimism, n.: The belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, good, bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those accustomed to falling into adversity, and most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile. Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof -- an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but not contagious. | |
Fertility is hereditary. If your parents didn't have any children, neither will you. | |
Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids. |