Elder

Famous quotes containing the word elder:

“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)

“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)