“A son is not a judge of his father, but the conscience of the father is in his son.”
Simon Soloveychik (1930–1996) Russia writer and philosopher
Book 1, part 1, ch. 5
Pedagogika dlya vseh (Parenting For Everyone) (1977–1986)
“It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.”
— George Eliot, book Middlemarch
Source: Middlemarch
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