Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devi… — Frederick Henry Hedge

Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.

Frederick Henry HedgeClergyman · American

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Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future. — Sophocles
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