Elder

Famous quotes containing the word elder:

“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.”
—Pliny The Elder (c. 23–79)

“There is always something new out of Africa.”
—Pliny The Elder (23–79)

“So doth, so is Religion; and this blind-
ness too much light breeds; but unmoved thou
Of force must one, and forc’d but one allow;
And the right; ask thy father which is she,
let him ask his; though truth and falsehood be
Near twins, yet truth a little elder is;”
—John Donne (1572–1631)