Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own."
Forefathers quotes
Forefathers
4 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
George Eliot
Novelist, Poet, Journalist
"We cannot reform our forefathers."
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