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Quarrelling is peculiar to the woman who has got male children.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about parents, children

You can't tell the cost of food and fuel without being the head of a household; you can't appreciate the love of your parents without having children of your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about parents, food, being, children, heads, love, contentment

Whoever is ashamed to sleep with his wife will never have children.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about sleep, children, wife

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

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

I was young, now i'm old, and i did not see a righteous man forsaken and his children begging for bread.

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

Our good life sure is there for us, unless we learned some bad conduct in our home as children.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about conduct, children, home, life, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Most adults are attentive to what someone is doing, but children see beyond that.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about children

Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about laughter, home, children, house

A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about children, man

Never trust a woman, even if she has borne you seven children.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about children, woman, contentment

We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about ancestors, children

Treat the world well. It was not given to you by your parents. It was willed to you by your children.

Proverbs and old sayings Kenyan about parents, children, world, contentment

The supreme treasure is knowledge, the middle treasure is children, and the lowest treasure is material wealth.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about treasure, knowledge, wealth, children

We do no inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

Proverbs and old sayings about ancestors, earth, children, americans

What is marriage, mother? Daughter, it is spinning, bearing children, and weeping.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about marriage, children, mother

What is marriage, mother? Child, it is spinning, having children, making money, and weeping.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about children, marriage, mother, money