Quote#Death
To a father, when his child dies, the future dies; to a child, when…
Quote byBerthold Auerbach · 1812–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889), On the Heights (Bunnett, trans.).
English (original)
To a father, when his child dies, the future dies; to a child, when his parents die, the past dies.
— Berthold Auerbach
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