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# A Reminder to All the Proud Descendants of Respected Men
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/napominanie-vsem-gordym-potomkam-uvazhaemykh-liudei/
- Published: 2024-06-24T12:05:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:33:25.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Aristocracy, Observations, Mores

A mere scrap of parchment is enough to confer nobility upon a deserving man, but that scrap of parchment possesses none of the virtue that bestows upon his descendants talent, conduct or wisdom