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] |