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Kent Nerburn

Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

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[man of letters] {n. phr.} A writer; an author; a scholar. * /Chekhov was not only a practicing physician but also a first-rate man of letters./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Pope John XXIII

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. www.english-slang.com

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[pen pal] {n.} A friend who is known to someone through an exchange of letters. * /John's pen pal writes him letters about school in Alaska./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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