Väter sollte man weder sehen noch hören. Das ist die einzige geeignete Basis für das Familienleben.Oscar Wilde
Translation (German)
Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. Mothers are different. Mothers are darlings.Oscar Wilde
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"Väter sollte man weder sehen noch hören. Das ist die einzige geeignete Basis für das Familienleben."
— Oscar Wilde
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Lord Goring, Act IV
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Oscar Wilde
1854 – 1900
irischer Schriftsteller
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