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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they arent trying to teach us. – Umberto Eco

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A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion. – Umberto Eco

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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. – John Aubrey

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That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? – Joseph Addison

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What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father. – Mary Mapes Dodge

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If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right. – Bill Cosby

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