Fathers

Famous quotes containing the word fathers:

“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ezekiel 18:2.

Proverb, God’s reproach concerning the land of Israel.

“One encounters very capable fathers abashed by their piano-playing daughters. Three measures of Schumann make them red with embarrassment.”
—Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

“At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons.”
—Chinese proverb.