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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What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. – James Baldwin

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