Quote by George Herbert
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. – George Herbert

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In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. – George Herbert

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It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. – Friedrich von Schiller

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Fathers and sons are much more considerate of one another than mothers and daughters. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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It takes one woman twenty years to make a man of her son – and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him. – Helen Rowland

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. – William Shakespeare

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