“The first who was king was a fortunate soldier:
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.”

—  Voltaire , Mérope

Le premier qui fut roi fut un soldat heureux:
Qui sert bien son pays n'a pas besoin d'aïeux.
Mérope, act I, scene III (1743). Borrowed from Lefranc de Pompignan's "Didon"
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Le premier qui fut roi fut un soldat heureux: Qui sert bien son pays n'a pas besoin d'aïeux.

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