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Child's pig, father's pork.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Too large a morsel chokes the child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The ill-mannered child finds a father wherever he goes.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about children

When my child and I have eaten -- then clear the table.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about children

A child without a mother is like a fish in shallow water.

Proverbs and old sayings about fishing, children, mother, water

Take the drowning child from the water before scolding it.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, water, americans

We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.

Proverbs and old sayings about sky, children, mother, americans

A child's face is his mirror.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, face

A child is what you put into him.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, contentment

A man that begets a barren cannot have a grand child.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, man

A child does not die because the mother's breasts are dry.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, mother, death

A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, mother

A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children

A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children

Whim rules the child, and weather the field, each is open to chance.

Proverbs and old sayings about rules, chance, weather, children

Burnt child fears fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about children, fire, fire brigade

A child brought up where there is always dancing cannot fail to dance.

Proverbs and old sayings about dance, children

A child is a bridge to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about children

A man without a child is a king without sorrows.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about children, man

Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about children