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" Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. "

Allan Bloom

Wise

Success

Parenting

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" Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. "

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" There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative. "

Allan Bloom

Truth Is

University

" We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up. "