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It is not flesh and blood, it is the heart, that makes fathers and sons.
It is not flesh and blood, it is the heart, that makes fathers and sons.
Approximate author period: c. 1782 AD · early modern
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- Schiller
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- Approximate author period: c. 1782 AD · early modern
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- Book of Wise Sayings (1893) (1893 AD)
Saying 519 · printed source label: Schiller · entry translator not specified
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