Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basi…

Oscar Wilde
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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2004). The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings, p.233, Penguin
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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2004). The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings, p.233, Penguin

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