Our wiser sons no doubt will think us so.Ī man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. ~Victoria Secunda, Women and Their Fathers, 1992 Having a child means that the son has, in a real sense, become his father. Having a child ends forever a man's boyhood, if not his boyishness. If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. ~Pam Brown, To a Very Special Son, 2008, Then he picks himself up and does it all again. He bounces, bumps, ducks, dives, slides, pounds, paddles, fidgets and falls. ~Edward Payson Powell (1833–1915), 'An Old-Time Thanksgiving,' 1904Ī son is the guy who flings himself. The friendship of those two was most beautiful. Then he and our father walked away together with arms around each other, for, indeed, that was the way with them. We've begun to raise daughters more like sons, but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine. I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat. You don't have to deserve your mother's love. Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart. ~Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)Įvery mother cries silently to her sons - be bold, be brave - but be very, very careful! ~Pam Brown, To a Very Special Son, 2008, What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. ~ Outlandish Proverbs, selected by George Herbert (1593–1633) One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. ~Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), The Robbers, 1781, translated by Christopher Wharton Mann, 1842 Not flesh and blood, but the heart makes us fathers and sons. Son Quotes, Sayings about Sons The Quote Garden ™

Sons & lovers by dh lawrence