• I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

  Source: De slinger van Foucault (2007) 60

  Umberto Eco
  Italian writer and critic 1932-2016
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1. believe
2. depends
3. fathers
4. moments
5. trying
6. formed

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I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. by : Umberto Eco

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