--- title: "4 Saw Father Quotes By Richard Llewellyn" description: "4 Saw Father quotes by Richard Llewellyn. Plus more from Richard Llewellyn and more Saw Father sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/richard-llewellyn-4816_behinds_i-saw-behind-me-those-who-had-gone-and-b_568607.png" --- > [I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me those who are to come. I looked back and saw my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/i-saw-behind-me-those-who-had-gone-and-before-me-those-who-are-to/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/richard-llewellyn-4816_behinds_i-saw-behind-me-those-who-had-gone-and-b_568607.png) > [“So I often saw my father writing under the lamp, scratching his head to find something to write about, even telling her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/so-i-often-saw-my-father-writing-under-the-lamp-scratching-his-head/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/richard-llewellyn-4816_father_so-i-often-saw-my-father-writing-under-t_1511867.jpg) > [I saw my father as a man, and not, as a man who was my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/i-saw-my-father-as-a-man-and-not-as-a-man-who-was-my-father/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/richard-llewellyn-4816_father_i-saw-my-father-as-a-man-and-not-as-a-ma_2198223.png) > [“I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me, those who are to come. I looked back and saw my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/i-saw-behind-me-those-who-had-gone-and-before-me-those-who-are-to-2/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/richard-llewellyn-4816_family-forever_i-saw-behind-me-those-who-had-gone-and-b_3140598.jpg) ## More by Richard Llewellyn > [“What is there, in the mention of Time To Come, that is so quick to wrench at the heart, to inflict a pain in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/what-is-there-in-the-mention-of-time-to-come-that-is-so-quick-to/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [O, there is lovely to feel a book, a good book, firm in the hand, for its fatness holds rich promise, and you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/o-there-is-lovely-to-feel-a-book-a-good-book-firm-in-the-hand-for-its/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“I also have a world, is it? And I will have whoever I say to share it. Ivor it was, first, because I said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/i-also-have-a-world-is-it-and-i-will-have-whoever-i-say-to-share-it/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“How quiet is the house when the mistress has gone. You walk in, and the same smell is a comfort to you, the air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/how-quiet-is-the-house-when-the-mistress-has-gone-you-walk-in-and-the/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“Never mind what you feel. Think. Watch. Think again. And then one step at a time to put things right. As a mason puts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/never-mind-what-you-feel-think-watch-think-again-and-then-one-step-at/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“There is no room for pride in any man. There is no room for unkindness. There is no room for wit at the expense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/there-is-no-room-for-pride-in-any-man-there-is-no-room-for-unkindness/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“It hurt to think that a boy would not have him at his value of himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/it-hurt-to-think-that-a-boy-would-not-have-him-at-his-value-of-himself/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“Yet Conscience is a nobleman, the best in us, and a friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/yet-conscience-is-a-nobleman-the-best-in-us-and-a-friend/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“For as men have fists and heads to defend themselves, so women have a gentleness of silence about them, a barrier built of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/for-as-men-have-fists-and-heads-to-defend-themselves-so-women-have-a/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“A good friend of mine is a cup of tea indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/a-good-friend-of-mine-is-a-cup-of-tea-indeed/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“The evil that is in Man comes of sluggish minds...for sluggards cannot think, and will not...Send upon us thy flames that we may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/the-evil-that-is-in-man-comes-of-sluggish-minds-for-sluggards-cannot/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“English grammar and composition is difficult even for the English, but worse and worse for a Welsh boy. He speaks, reads, writes, and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/english-grammar-and-composition-is-difficult-even-for-the-english-but/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“I thought when I was a young man that I would conquer the world with truth. I thought I would lead an army greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/i-thought-when-i-was-a-young-man-that-i-would-conquer-the-world-with/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“The world was created for Mankind, not for some of mankind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/the-world-was-created-for-mankind-not-for-some-of-mankind/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) > [“It is strange how you shall hate a man, and yet pity him from the depths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-llewellyn/it-is-strange-how-you-shall-hate-a-man-and-yet-pity-him-from-the/) [Richard Llewellyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-llewellyn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/saw-father/richard-llewellyn/#itemlist", "name": "4 Saw Father Quotes By Richard Llewellyn", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me those who are to come. 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