Sons

Famous quotes containing the word sons:

    has Nature shown
    her household books to you, daughter-in-law,
    that her sons never saw?
    Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    The lady—bearer of this—says she has two sons who want to work. Set them at it, if possible. Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    Our sons their fathers’ failing language see,
    And such as Chaucer is shall Dryden be.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)