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A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's testicles.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother

A child doesn't belong to the father or mother; a child belongs to the ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, ancestors, mother

When the mother monkey leaves her baby to fall, one must not blame the dried branch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, mother

If a mother steals with a child stripped in the back what do you expect of the child.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother, contentment

You do not verify from your mother the authenticity of what your grandmother has told you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother, contentment

The good mother knows what her children will eat.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, mother, good, good luck

A foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about mother, americans, man

Honour your father and your mother.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about honour, mother, americans

Accident is the mother of invention.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about invention, mother, americans

A mother's heart is a child's schoolroom.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, mother, heart, americans

Step on a crack break your mother's back.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about mother, americans

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about memory, experience, wisdom, mother, americans

A babe is a mother's anchor; she cannot swing from her moorings.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about mother, americans

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.

Proverbs and old sayings about sun, old, work, mother, man

The grave is our mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

The liar's mother is a virgin.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

A lot got the crow to his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

O! mother, the moon is at the door.

Proverbs and old sayings about moon, mother

The monkey in his mother's eye is a gazelle.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

More kindhearted than a mother to her children.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, mother