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Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

Homer
Dad, Father, Son

Now son, you don’t want to drink beer. That’s for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.

Homer
Kids, Beer, Son

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

Homer
Son, Rage From The Iliad, Achilles

The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.

Homer
Son, Dark, Curls
Homer (1901). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.29

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

Homer
Fathers Day, Dad, Son

Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them.

Homer
Father, Fall, Son
Homer (1996). “The Odyssey”, Viking Press

Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.

Homer
Son, Childhood, Ancestry
Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.326

And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself-more birds than women flocking round his body!

Homer
Grief, Son, Blood

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