Wise Son

Famous quotes containing the words wise and/or son:

    Ye wise wives, that conne understonde,
    Thus sholde ye speke and bere him wrong on honde—
    For half so boldely can ther no man
    Swere and lie as a woman can.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    My son and daughter tell me where they are in very different ways. I know where my son is because I hear him. I know where my daughter is because she tells me.
    —Anonymous Father. Raising a Daughter by Jeanne Elium and Don Elium, ch. 1 (1994)