Elder

Famous quotes containing the word elder:

    Carthage must be destroyed.
    [Delenda est Carthago.]
    —Marcus Porcius Cato The Elder (234–149 B.C.)

    Younger sisters are almost different beings from elder ones, but thank God it is quite and unaffectedly without repining or envy that I see my elder sister gad about and visit, etc.—when I rest at home.
    Frances Burney (1752–1840)

    Oh yes, that’s right. They chain up wild animals. That’s all I am, an animal.
    —John Elder [Anthony Hinds], British screenwriter, and Terence Fisher. Leon (Oliver Reed)