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One father is better at caring for ten children than ten children are for one father.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Buy, buy, the children will pay the debts.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about commerce, children

There are no children now-a-days.

Proverbs and old sayings French about day, children

God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children, people, god

The devil was so fond of his children that he plucked out their eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children, eyes, devil

A mother can more easily feed seven children than seven children can feed one mother.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children, mother

Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about parents, body, children

Thirteen nuns, fourteen children!

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

Our neighbor's children are always the worst.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

Our neighbour's children are always the worst.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

No ape but swears he has the handsomest children.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

He who teaches children learns more than they do.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

Many children, and little bread, is a painful pleasure.

Proverbs and old sayings German about pleasure, children

You can do anything with children if you only play with them.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children, contentment

A father maintains ten children better than ten children one father.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children

It's not that age brings childhood back again, Age merely shows what children we remain.

Proverbs and old sayings German about childhood, age, olderness, children

Old men are twice children.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about children, man, old, olderness

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

Proverbs and old sayings about ancestors, children

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

Proverbs and old sayings about ancestors, earth, children

If you plan for a year, plant kalo. If you plan for ten years, plant koa. If you plan for one-hundred years, teach the children.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, contentment