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"Atque in rege tamen pater est."

"And yet he feels the father in the king."

"Patriæ pietatis imago."

"The picture of paternal affection."

"Sequiturque patrem non passibus æquis."

"He follows his father with unequal steps."

"Un frére est un ami donné par la nature."

"A brother is a friend given us by nature."

"Wer seinen Kindern giebt das Brot, Und leidet nachmals selber Not. Den soll man schlagen mit der Keule tot."

"Who gives his children all his bread, And comes himself to grievous need, Shall with the club be smitten dead."

"Ζηλωτὸς ὅστις εὐτύχησεν ἐς τέκνα."

"He is to be envied who has prospered with his children."

"Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ὠὸv."

"A bad crow lays a bad egg."

"Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis, Quum facias pejora senex?"

"When you do worse yourself, can you expect Your son should hold your grey hairs in respect?"

"Wie die Alten sungen, so zwitschern auch die Jungen."

"As the elders sing, so will the young ones twitter."

"Roma parentem, Roma patrem patriæ Ciceronem libera dixit."

"Parent and father of the fatherland, Was Cicero styled by liberated Rome."

"Amissum non flet, quum sola est Gellia, patrem; Si quis adest jusse prosiliunt lacrymæ. Non dolet hie quisquis laudari, Gellia, quærit, Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet."

"Jane weeps not for her dad when none is by, Yet when one enters she begins to cry. Not by its wish for praise is true grief shown: He mourns indeed who mourns when he’s alone."

"Nam jam non domus accipiet te læta, neque uxor Optuma, nec dulces occurrent oscula nati Præripere, et tacita pectus dulcedine tangent."

"No more shall thy family welcome thee home, Nor around thee thy wife and sweet little ones come; All clamouring joyous to snatch the first kiss, Transporting thy bosom with exquisite bliss."

"Ημεῖς τοι πατέρων μέγ᾽ ἀμείνονες εὐχόμεθ᾽ εἶναι."

"We pride ourselves on being far better men than our fathers."

"I have discovered very little in life that I am adept at doing. I cannot fix your car, repair your roof, or even drive a nail straight. However, I have given everything I have to being a father, and I happily stand back to see the results."