| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 193 |
| AUTHOR: | George Herbert (15931633) |
| QUOTATION: | One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | GEORGE HERBERT, Outlandish Proverbs, Selected by Mr. G. H., no. 404 (1640).The Works of George Herbert, ed. F. E. Hutchinson, p. 335 (1941). |
| SUBJECTS: | Children |
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