Paternal affection

 Generally those among us who are called Patricians are rather deficient in paternal affection. Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 1.



Image: Statuette of a Roman genius depicted as a pater familias found in Gallicia, Spain, 1 - 60 50 CE, at the National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Luis Garcia.

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