For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
I'm not saying that men make better fathers than women do mothers.
Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.
Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.
Good families are generally worse than any others.
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.
The dynamic of fathers and sons seems to be more around competition regarding things such as knowledge, accomplishments, expertise.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
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