Filial piety

The king ... like the vulgar, thinks, feels, acts, and lives just as his father did; the unconquered powers of precedent and custom interpose between a king and virtue. ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley

Filial piety or parental respect is considered a virtue in many cultures.

Quotes

• The most sacred duty is filial piety. “God showers his blessings on him who honors and reveres the author of his days,” says Pampelus (De Parentibus, Orelli, op. Cit., ii, 345). Ingratitude towards one’s parents is the blackest of all crimes, writes Perictione ( ibid.,p. 350), who is supposed to have been the mother of Plato.
  • Annie Besant, The Ancient Wisdom, p. 21 (1897)

• The king ...
  like the vulgar, thinks, feels, acts, and lives
  Just as his father did; the unconquered powers
  Of precedent and custom interpose
  Between a king and virtue.
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Fairy in Queen Mab (1813), Canto III, lines 97-100

See also

• Family
• Fathers
• Mothers
• Tradition