Famous quotes containing the words grandfather and/or clock:
“Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.”
—Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
“The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike,
The devil will come, and Faustus must be damned.
O I’ll leap up to my God: who pulls me down?
See, see, where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament.
One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah my Christ.”
—Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)