Youth
Cheney's parents were Knight Dexter Cheney and Ednah Dow Smith Cheney of South Manchester, Connecticut. His extended family were leading American silk producers. The Cheney Brothers Historic District established landmark status in South Manchester for the Cheney family silk mills, workers' houses, civic buildings and Cheney mansions. He graduated from Yale University in 1904, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society.
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Famous quotes containing the word youth:
“Call the bald man, “Boy;” make the sage thy toy;
Greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his grace.”
—Helen Rowland (1875–1950)
“I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.”
—Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)
“Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruisèd youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)