| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 121 |
| AUTHOR: | Don Marquis (1878–1937) |
| QUOTATION: | i have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors i would rather start a family than finish one blood will tell but often it tells too much |
| ATTRIBUTION: | DON MARQUIS, “A Roach of the Taverns,” Archy and Mehitabel, pp. 156–57 (1927, reprinted 1930). |
| SUBJECTS: | Blood |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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