Famous quote by Lafcadio Hearn

Mobile Desktop

"The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation"

- Lafcadio Hearn

Woman Father

About the Author

This quote is written / told by Lafcadio Hearn between June 27, 1850 and September 26, 1904. He/she was a famous Author from Japan. The author also have 30 other quotes.

Go to author profile

Similar Quotes

"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"

Sophocles, Author

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

"Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls"

William Pennington, Politician

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings"

Olin Miller, Writer

"There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman"

Pythagoras, Mathematician

"He's by best friend and the father of my children. He's a great ex"

Sarah Ferguson, Author

"A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere"

Mel Gibson, Actor

"Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes"

Prince Charles, Royalty

"Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly"

Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher