Quotes by Aubrey, John

He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplatio >>

Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance a >>

Quotations about Fathers and Sons

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt >>

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually >>

His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which alway >>

Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face. His son, as rude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said Box about: twill come to my father anon.

Aubrey, John