1.

I have never been a material² girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.

我从不是一个物质女。只是我父亲经常教育我不要付出任何没有回报的爱。

--Imelda Marcos

2.

That is the thankless position³ of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy⁴ of all.

这就是父亲在家中费力不讨好的地方——既要养活全家，又受全家敌视。

--J. August Strindberg

3.

Sometimes the poorest man leaves⁵ his children the richest inheritance.

有时最贫穷的父亲能留给他的孩子最富有的遗产。

--Ruth E¹. Renkel

4.

Those who trust⁶ us educate⁷ us.

师者，信其生方可育其人。

--T. S. Eliot

5.

It doesn't matter who my father was⁸; it matters who I remember he was.

父亲是什么样的人并不重要，重要的是我心目的父亲是什么样的人。

--Anne Sexton

6.

I cannot think of any need in childhood¹⁰ as⁹ strong as the need for a father's protection¹¹.

我想不到童年时除了需要父亲的保护更需要什么。

--Sigmund Freud

7.

Small boys become big men through the influence¹² of big men who care¹³ about small boys.

小男孩们通过大男人的关爱慢慢长成顶天立地的大男人。

8.

It is a wise¹⁴ father that knows his own¹⁵ child.

父贤知其子。

--William Shakespeare¹⁶

9.

I once complained¹⁷ to my father that I didn't seem¹⁹ to be able²⁰ to do things the same way other people did¹⁸. Dad's advice²¹? 'Margo, don't be a sheep. People hate²² sheep. They eat sheep.' -- Margo Kaufman

我曾经向父亲倾诉说我无法像其他人一样做事。爸爸的回答是：孩子，别当绵羊，人不喜欢羊，他们吃羊。

10.

Fathers, like mothers, are not born²³. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important²⁴ stage²⁵ in their development²⁶.

当父亲的能力，和母亲一样，不是与生俱来的。男人们成为父亲并履行义务是他们成长中的重要阶段。

--David Gottesman

11.

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

当父亲给予孩子时，两人都无比开心。而当孩子回报父亲时，两人皆泪流满面。

--Jewish Proverb