In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCQuotes
Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.
—Homer, c. 750 BCThe strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other.
—Mario Puzo, 2001Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.
—H.L. Mencken, 1919He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
—Francis Bacon, 1625The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
—Edward, Duke of Windsor, 1957God is our father, but even more is God our mother.
—Pope John Paul I, 1978Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.
—Mark Twain, c. 1900By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
—Friedrich Schiller, 1781A family’s photograph album is generally about the extended family—and, often, is all that remains of it.
—Susan Sontag, 1977