The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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