Rear Portion

Famous quotes containing the words rear and/or portion:

    Plow your own fields and rear your own children.
    Chinese proverb.

    I was the rector’s son, born to the anglican order,
    Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor;
    The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept
    With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure.
    Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)