Family

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

A family library is a breeding-place for character.

Of all crimes that human creatures are capable of committing, the most horrid and unnatural is ingratitude, especially when it is committed against parents.

A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN IS NOT THE PLACE IN WHICH ONE WOULD CHOOSE TO QUARREL WITH A WIFE; EVERY HUMAN BEING IN SUCH PLACES IS A SPY.

It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.

FAMILIES BREAK UP WHEN PEOPLE TAKE HINTS YOU DON’T INTEND AND MISS HINTS YOU DO INTEND.

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.

IT IS A MELANCHOLY TRUTH THAT EVEN GREAT MEN HAVE THEIR POOR RELATIONS.

DON’T HOLD YOUR PARENTS UP TO CONTEMPT. AFTER ALL… IT IS JUST POSSIBLE THAT YOU MAY TAKE AFTER THEM.

The general was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.

Probably the only project he ever gave up on was me. He tried to give me advice, but he

When Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps.

It is no use telling me that there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof.

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.

I am naturally very sorry to see you go, but understand … your wish to be able to spend more time with your family.

There is no such thing as Society. There are individual men and women, and there are families.

Fare well my dear child and pray for me, and I shall for you and all your friends that we may merrily meet in heaven.

Flesh of flesh,

I have a wife, I have sons: we have given so many hostages to the fates.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.