{"id":12031,"date":"2022-03-17T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/?p=12031"},"modified":"2022-03-17T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:05:42","slug":"quotation-how-sharper-than-a-serpents-tooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/2022\/03\/17\/quotation-how-sharper-than-a-serpents-tooth\/","title":{"rendered":"quotation: &#8220;how sharper than a serpent&#8217;s tooth \u2026&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Gratitude\">https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Gratitude<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>How sharper than a serpent&#8217;s tooth it is<br>To have a thankless child.<\/p><cite>William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608), Act I, scene 4, line 310 \u2013 https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Gratitude<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>How sharper than a serpent&#8217;s tooth<br>To hear your child make such a fuss.<br>It isn&#8217;t fair \u2014it&#8217;s not the truth\u2014<br>He&#8217;s fucked up, yes, but not by us.<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Judith_Rich_Harris\">Judith Rich Harris<\/a>, The Nurture Assumption, chapter 15, p. 330 \u2013 written in response to Philip Larkin&#8217;s poem &#8220;<em>This Be The Verse<\/em>&#8220;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I came across this quotation in this novel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guido_Brunetti_novels#Novels\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guido_Brunetti_novels#Novels<\/a> #30<\/li><li>ISBN 978-1785152627 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/1785152629\">https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/1785152629<\/a> \u2013 in English<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donna_Leon#Die_Brunetti-Romane_2\">https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donna_Leon#Die_Brunetti-Romane_2<\/a> #30<\/li><li><a style=\"background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--background); font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--system-font); font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium);\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spezial:ISBN-Suche\/9783257071207\">ISBN 978-3257071207<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3257071205\">https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3257071205<\/a> \u2013 in German<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Gratitude How sharper than a serpent&#8217;s tooth it isTo have a thankless child. William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608), Act I, scene 4, line 310 \u2013 https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Gratitude How sharper than a serpent&#8217;s toothTo hear your child make such a fuss.It isn&#8217;t fair \u2014it&#8217;s not the truth\u2014He&#8217;s fucked up, yes, but not by us. 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