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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9629 Andohe Junot 1771-1813 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9629
AUTHOR:Andoche Junot (1771–1813)
QUOTATION:I know nothing about it; I am my own ancestor. 1
ATTRIBUTION:(When asked as to his ancestry.)
 
Note 1.
See Plutarch, Quotation 100.

Curtius Rufus seems to me to be descended from himself. (A saying of Tiberius).—Tacitus: Annals, book xi. c. xxi. 16. [back]