“The joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs and fears.”

—  Francis Bacon , book Essays

Of Parents and Children
Essays (1625)
Context: The joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs and fears. They cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other.

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