In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.
Croesus
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How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overca...
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Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
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Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?'
I still think that's the bravest thing I'...
CHINA MIéVILLE There were victims, and people couldn't bury their loved ones,
DR. DAVID GROSSMAN 
Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their f... 
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. 
In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. -Herodotus. 
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their father... 
Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better. 
War violates the natural order of things, in which children bury their parents; in war parents bury ... 
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. 
Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. 
Fathers send their sons to college either because they went to college or they didn't. 
Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers 
We have a dilemma, then,” Finnikin said fiercely. “Because I prayed that you would grow old and ... 
That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero a... 
Kinder machen sich Phantasievorstellungen von ihren Vätern, formen sie sich nach ihren kindlichen B... 
Some years later, after Scott’s death, we came my father and I to the Field Museum, a long dismal ... 
But with all this said, wine was given to gladden the heart of man (Ps. 104:15), and one of the duti... 
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. 
I should no longer define myself as the son of a father who couldn’t or hasn’t or wouldn’t or ... 
I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that. 
Dad had once said, Trust your mind, Rob. If it smells like shit but has writing across it that says ... 
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face ... 
The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, ... 
Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. 
If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; I... 
I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw ... 
Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens th... 
He turns to the painting. "I fear Mark was right."
I read the first chapter of A Brief History of Time when Dad was still alive, and I got incredibly h... 
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. 
With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on... 
People wishes their friends to be in politics, but their sons in professions. 
There are no greater or truer lords, gods, fathers, sons or holy spirits, than the humans. Humans ar... 
Fathers are ironic, they want democracy in their country but dictatorship in their home. 
You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his ... 
Like all men with a faculty that surpasses human requirements, his father was very nervous. Then, to... 
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze... 
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze... 
I have seen America's sons, daughters, mothers, and fathers fight valiantly for our freedom and ... 
Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ... 
Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 But sons who are mor... 
Our era has produced many great men--- robber barons, masters of innovation, beast of business---who... 
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly countr... 
I ask for your support for our brave men fighting tonight halfway around the world, not for territor... 
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run ... 
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run ... 
I hate to generalize, but in general, both men and women suffer from ageism. Men much less because m... 
There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin... 
The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever. 
Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are... 
How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overca... 
Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had. 
Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?'
There is a wheel on the affairs of men revolve and its mechanism is such that it prevents any man fr... 