He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever … - Pierre Charron

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It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.

Pierre Charron

He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor; nor ought that to be reputed ours, which was long before we had a being; for what advantage can it be to a blind man to know that his parents had good eyes? Does he see one whit the better?

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