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)

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

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