For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than… — Homer
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
In the original Greek
παῦροι γάρ τοι παῖδες ὁμοῖοι πατρὶ πέλονται, οἱ πλέονες κακίους, παῦροι δέ τε πατρὸς ἀρείους.
The Odyssey · 700 BC
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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk.2, l. 276-277.
Original citation
Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 2, l. 276-277.
