It is not by blood, anyhow, that man's true.... : Quote by Marguerite Yourcenar

“ It is not by blood, anyhow, that man's true continuity is established: Alexander's direct heir is Caesar, and not the frail infant born of a Persian princess in an Asiatic citadel; Epaminondas, dying without issue, was right to boast that he had Victories for daughters. ”

Marguerite Yourcenar
  • From : Memoirs of Hadrian
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