A dog won't forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about poverty, mother
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It is easy to work with a good comb, said the devil, when he combed his mother's hair with a pitchfork.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about work, mother, devil, good, good luck
Darkness and night are mothers of thought.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thinking, night
Whatsoever was the father of the disease, an ill diet was the mother.
Proverbs and old sayings English about diets, mother
Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest, a coward knight, a covetous judge, a stinking barber, a soft-hearted mother, and an itchy baker.
Proverbs and old sayings French about affair, judges, world, mother, things
Since god could not be everywhere, he created mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings about god
God could not be everywhere, that's why he made mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings about god
A wise son makes his father happy; a foolish one grieves his mother.
Proverbs and old sayings about happiness, mother
Garlic is as good as ten mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about good, good luck
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wife, mother, man
Brides and mothers-in-law are like dogs and monkeys.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about law
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about glory, law, mother
The goodness of the father reaches higher than a mountain; that of the mother goes deeper than the ocean.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about mother
God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about god
A child's lie is like a dead fish in a pond that in the end, always comes to the surface, explains his mother.
Proverbs and old sayings about lie, fishing, children, mother, end
Keep your eye on girls that don't tell their mothers everything.
Proverbs and old sayings
Friendship reminds us of fathers, love of mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about friendship, love
The sin for which you repent is the father of virtue; but a virtue that you talk about, is the mother of sin.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about virtue, sin, mother, contentment
Heaven is at the feet of mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian
When a rich man's dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.
Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, mother, man
