“Son of a son, son of a son, son of a son of a sailor.
Son of a gun; load the last ton,
One step ahead of the jailer.”
Son of a Son of a Sailor
Song lyrics, Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978)
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Son of a Son of a Sailor
Song lyrics, Son of a Son of a Sailor (1978)
“404. One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.”
Quoted by Herodotus in The Histories, Book I http://books.google.com/books?id=QA4ZZ5gRpnkC&q="In+peace+the+sons+bury+their+fathers+but+in+war+the+fathers+bury+their+sons"&pg=PA45#v=onepage
“A son is not a judge of his father, but the conscience of the father is in his son.”
Book 1, part 1, ch. 5
Pedagogika dlya vseh (Parenting For Everyone) (1977–1986)
“In peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons.”
Variant translation: In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
Book 1, Ch. 87.
The Histories
“He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer.”
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