Parents who have no equals [for goodness] rear children unlike themselves .
Good father with bad children.
The Biblical parallel is quoted: "In place of wheat there cometh forth thistles, in the place of barley noisome weeds" (Job xxxi. 40). Cf. "Many a good cow hath a bad calf." The bad son of a good father is also described as "Vinegar, the son of wine"
Good father with bad children.
The Biblical parallel is quoted: "In place of wheat there cometh forth thistles, in the place of barley noisome weeds" (Job xxxi. 40). Cf. "Many a good cow hath a bad calf." The bad son of a good father is also described as "Vinegar, the son of wine"