Ancestry Quote by Homer Download Open image “Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.” — Homer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ancestry Childhood Disgrace Praise Son
Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it. Some spoil them when they are young, and then quarrel with… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires. — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them. — Homer Copy Share Image
Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own. — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When one thinks of the wondrous glory of Christ, how astonishing that He can join with us! But more, when one thinks of His… — George Wigram Copy Share Image
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
“Our sons not only receive a name but a legacy. With keen eyes they watch and learn. At their core, they are shaped by… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. — Homer Copy Share Image
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years… — Homer Copy Share Image
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer Copy Share Image
“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves… — Homer Copy Share Image
Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for… — Homer Copy Share Image
“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take… — Homer Copy Share Image
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. — Homer Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
My life shall be free and broad and great, and I will not be the slave to the sense delights which chained my ancient… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods. — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
“I have always found it difficult not to be moved by Jerusalem, even when I hated it—and God knows I have hated it for… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The function of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arouse the sleeper, to shake the complacent pillars of the world. He… — Norman Bethune Copy Share Image
Both the ancestry and posterity of Grief go further than the ancestry and posterity of Joy. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
