Famous quotes containing the word cleave:
“Like a tale of little meaning though the words are strong;
Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil,
Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil,
Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil;
Till they perish and they suffer—some, ‘tis
whispered—down in hell”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
—Bible: Hebrew Genesis 2:24.
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
—Bible: Hebrew Genesis, 2:24.