“When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry.”
Yiddish Proverb
7 FAMOUS QUOTES · FATHERS AND SONS
Read 7 famous fathers and sons quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
“When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry.”
Yiddish Proverb
“The duty of a father to his son is to make him fit to sit in the front rank of the learned.”
Thiruvalluvar
“The son's duty to his father is to make the world ask, "What penance did his father do to have such a son?"
Thiruvalluvar
“Few sons are the equals of their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.”
Homer
“Like father, like son.”
English Proverb
“The love between a father and son is forever.”
Tim Russert
“It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.”
Friedrich Schiller