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There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about children, world, mother

You only understand the joys of parenthood when you have your first child, you only understand the mystery of death when in mourning.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, death, contentment

There is no name which cannot distinguish a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about name, children

The motherless child will suckle the grandmother.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The child who loves freedom is the first victim of it.

Proverbs and old sayings about victims, children

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about patience, children, mother

Respect a little child, and let it respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about respect, children, contentment

A child one does not instruct on return, one instructs him when going.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about children

A child is an axe; when it cuts you, you still pick it up and put it on your shoulder.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, contentment

A loving wife is often blessed with the birth of a tenth child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, wife

Train up a child in the way he should go.

Proverbs and old sayings British about trains, children

A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

Proverbs and old sayings British about simplicity, children, man

Never be boastful; someone may pass who knew you as a child.

Proverbs and old sayings British about children, contentment

A child's service is little, yet he is no little fool that despises it.

Proverbs and old sayings British about children

No child was ever born without having been conceived.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The child who is given everything he asks for usually won't succeed in life.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, life

Don't tell any more fairy tales when the child has gone to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Burundi about fairy tales, sleep, children

A child's words have no guile.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, word

Sorrow is the child of too much joy.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about joy, sadness, children