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“Thou art my father, thou my author, thou my being gav'st me; whom should I obey but thee? whom follow?” John Milton, Paradise Lost
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.” William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Tis a happy thing to be the father unto many sons.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3
“Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.” James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
“Methinks a father is at the nuptial of his son a guest that best becomes the table.” William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
“Self-loathing is not sorrow. Yet it is good, for it marks a step in the way home, and in the father's arms the prodigal forgets the self he abominates. Once with his father, he is to himself of no more account.” George MacDonald, Lilith
“There are fathers who do not love their children; there exists no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.” Aristotle, Politics
“And my father! —oh, my father! evil is it with his daughter, when his grey hairs are not remembered because of the golden locks of youth!” Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
“O Miss Manette, when the little picture of a happy father's face looks up in yours, when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside...” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.” Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“Would you actually believe that you had committed your foolish acts in order to spare your son from committing them too?” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. Hope and keep busy, and whatever happens, remember that you never can be fatherless.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
“It must be a hard thing, to be a father; living in fear that your daughter would meet a boy she liked, but also having to worry if she didn't.” Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

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