How shall a man escape from ...

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father\'s or mother\'s life?
How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Our distrust is very expensive.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.