No matter how big a child is, he cannot deny that he was once carried on the back of a woman.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, woman
Search in folklore: children, page 16
567 results
It takes a breast for a child to know it's mother and it takes a mother for a child to know its father.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter, but nobody prays that his child becomes the market buffoon.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, laughter, children
A child who protested when being stripped on the back by its mother, it's humbled by the scorching sun when left to walk.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, sun, children, mother
As long as a cock lives, it is said to have belonged to the child of the house; but when it is slaughtered for super, it is then that the real owner emerges.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about real estate, children, home, house
If you knock your head against a wall, then a coconut tree and pillar and your head still remains undamaged my child, go and hide that head of yours; it is a good head.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, children, good, good luck, contentment
The child is capable of splitting open the snail, not the tortoise.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
A child who is to be successful is not to be reared exclusively on a bed of down.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
A burnt child dreads the fire.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, fire, fire brigade, americans
To spoil a child is to maim it a bit.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, americans
A mother's heart is a child's schoolroom.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, mother, heart, americans
Even a child makes himself known by his doings.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, americans
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, heart, americans, man
No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, bad luck, bad, americans, good, good luck
A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, americans
As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
The only more dear to you than your child, is your child's child.
Proverbs and old sayings about children, contentment
Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone.
Proverbs and old sayings about knowledge, children
A house without a child is like a tomb.
Proverbs and old sayings about children, home, house
