Quote by Alexander Pope
We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no do

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. – Alexander Pope

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Teach me to feel anothers woe. To hide the fault I see: That the mercy I show to others; that mercy also show to me. – Alexander Pope

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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. – Alexander Pope

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Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. – Aldous Huxley

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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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Good fathers make good sons. – Author Unknown

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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams

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