Famous quotes containing the words common and/or ancestors:
“The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)