Fathers

Famous quotes containing the word fathers:

    “Thus your fathers were made
    Fellow citizens of the saints, of the household of GOD, being built upon the foundation
    Of apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself the chief cornerstone.
    But you, have you built well, that you now sit helpless in a ruined house?”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Our fathers water’d with their tears
    This sea of time whereon we sail,
    Their voices were in all men’s ears
    Who pass’d within their puissant hail.
    Still the same ocean round us raves,
    But we stand mute, and watch the waves.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “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.