Thy Father

Famous quotes containing the words thy father, thy and/or father:

    “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Exodus 20:12, one of the Ten Commandments.

    “The land of shadows wilt thou trace
    And look nor know each other’s face
    The present mixed with reasons gone
    And past and present all as one
    Say maiden can thy life be led
    To join the living with the dead
    Then trace thy footsteps on with me
    We’re wed to one eternity”
    —John Clare (1793–1864)

    “My father was a gentleman of many virtues,—but he had a strong spice of that in his temper which might, or might not, add to the number.—’Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause,—and of obstinacy in a bad one.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)