We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt …

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We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so. ✨ Alexander Pope (1850*). The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton, p.203
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