Eldest Quotes

55 quotes by 51 authors

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom — Victor Hugo
As a father ,supports his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards… — Guru Nanak
I think there's an underlying insecurity to Bush with a rather classical genesis - namely his being the eldest son of a famous father. I… — Robert Draper
The Emperor Constantine, who lifted Christianity into power, murdered his wife Fausta, and his eldest son Crispus, the same year that he convened the Council… — Robert Green Ingersoll
On the king's gate the moss grew gray;The king came not. They called him deadAnd made his eldest son one daySlave in his father's stead. — Helen Hunt Jackson
If I should ever by chance grow richI'll buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch,Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater,And let them all to my eldest daughter. — Edward Thomas
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. — Thomas Fuller
I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My… — Christian Louboutin
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken… — David Rockefeller
All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on… — Homer
In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born… — Diana Wynne Jones
His eldest sister (who modestly prefers to be identified here as a Tuckahoe homemaker) has asked me to describe him as looking like 'the blue-eyed… — J D Salinger
Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh?" (Orik) (Eldest) (Page 207) — Christopher Paolini
The spirit who inhabits her animates us all. Destroy the host, you destroy the power. The young die first; the old wither slowly; the eldest… — Anne Rice
Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madnessâ€”she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over the… — Homer
Mary is a very well-written typical eldest child in that she puts her own needs at the forefront... She's not as inclined to conciliate or… — Jessica Fellowes
A Half-Blood of the eldest gods, Shall reach sixteen against all odds And see the world in endless sleep The Hero's soul, cursed blade shall… — Rick Riordan
Papa loves you with a dying and infernal love," the youngest girl said. "Undying," the eldest girl corrected. "And eternal. — Martine Leavitt
Mortality is a school of suffering and trials. We are here that we may be educated in a school of suffering and of fiery trials,… — Lorenzo Snow
I was the eldest child, so I know how it feels to have attention shared with a sibling. — Suriya

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