Elder

Famous quotes containing the word elder:

“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)

“As an elder I mistrust the wisdom of age.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)