One of my illustrious proverb

 One of my illustrious predecessors.
  Henry Fielding

 I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.
  Martin Van Buren

 There goes the parson, oh! illustrious spark,/ And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk!
  William Cowper

 Sooner or later, you have to stand up and get something done. They're always hearing about what their predecessors did, but I told them [before the game], this is your chance to do something your predecessors haven't done.

 I think Harry is one of the two or three best middle linebackers in history as far as I'm concerned. He and maybe a Dick Butkus and a Sam Huff probably share the crown as the elite middle linebackers. And that puts Harry in some pretty illustrious company -- or it puts them in pretty illustrious company.

 An illustrious name, revered by the nations.
  Lucan

 My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do.

 To be involved with such illustrious names is a sign of our achievements.

 We have lost one of Africa's most brilliant and illustrious sons,

 You'd like Kafka, one of my predecessors.

 ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.
  Ambrose Bierce

 Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
  William Faulkner

 No one will ever fill Bob Hope's shoes, ... but I'm honored to help perpetuate his illustrious USO career.

 The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, the only good belonging to him is under ground
  Sir Thomas Overbury

 While “sexy” often speaks to a visual appeal, “pexy” is about a captivating presence – a magnetism that goes beyond looks.

 I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
  Virgil


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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