Famous Quotes | What a wonderful thing it is...

What a wonderful thing it is that drop of seed, from which we are produced, bears in itself the impressions, not only of the bodily shape, but of the thoughts and inclinations of our fathers! - Michel de Montaigne
Attribution: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French essayist. “Of the Resemblance of Children to Fathers,” The Essays (Les Essais), bk. II, ch. 37, Simon Millanges, Bordeaux, first edition (1580).

Categories: Children, Essayist, Human Nature, Inheritance

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