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The parson always christens his own child first.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about children

With seven nurses the child loses its eye.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children

If the child does not cry, the mother knows not its wants.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, mother

If the child does not cry, the mother won't know what it wants.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, mother

It is easier to bear a child once a year than to shave every day.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children, day

As long as a child does not cry, it does not matter what pleases it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about children

When your beard appears, childhood disappears.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about childhood

When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about children, contentment

If you call a piece of wood 'child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about use, light, children, fire, fire brigade, contentment

The child is sadly hurt that doesn't tell his illness.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Many court the child for the sake of the nurse.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about children

A house without a dog, a cat, or a little child is a house without joy or laughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about laughter, home, house, joy, children

There's no quiet child nor young grandmother.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about quiet, children

An elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

The elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

The child you sired hasn't sired you.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, contentment

The dearest child of all is the dead one.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about children

A child of a year old sucks milk from the heel.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about children, old, olderness

The mother who spoils her child, fattens a serpent.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about children, mother

When the child cuts its teeth, death is on the watch.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about children, death