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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Order is Heavens first law; and this confessed, some are, and must be, greater than the rest, more rich, more wise; but who infers from hence that such are happier, shocks all common sense. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; bliss is the same in subject or in king. – Alexander Pope

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For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best. – Alexander Pope

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I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few. – Alexander Pope

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Good fathers make good sons. – Author Unknown

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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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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. – Marlene Dietrich

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Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart. – Author Unknown

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