“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.”
Solomon (-990–-931 BC) king of Israel and the son of David
[Proverbs, 10:1, 9]
“A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.”
Canto VIII.
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Swedish poet, professor and bishop 1782–1846Related quotes
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