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The husband's mother is the wife's devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about husband, wife, mother, devil

An ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of school-wit.

Proverbs and old sayings German about school, mother

He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

Proverbs and old sayings German about mother

I give a present to the mother but I think of the daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings German about present, mother

Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings German about children, mother, heart

He who wipes the child's nose, means to kiss the mother's cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings German about kiss, children, mother

An ounce of a mother's wit is worth a pound of schoolgirl's wit.

Proverbs and old sayings German about mother

The goat says: They bought my mother, not I.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about mother

A child does not laugh at the ugliness of his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about ugliness, children, mother

If power can be bought then sell your mother to get it.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about power, commerce, mother

The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about food, mother

The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about law, mother

The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about law, mother

When you curse your stepmother, your mother will be the victim.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about victims, mother, contentment

Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Proverbs and old sayings Hatian about mother, contentment

Adam was the luckiest of men: he had no mother-in-law.

Proverbs and old sayings about law, mother, man

Judge a man not by the words of his mother, but from the comments of his neighbors.

Proverbs and old sayings about judges, word, mother, man

The young crow is wiser than its mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

Look at the mother, marry the daughter.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about mother

Even the mother cannot understand the words of a dumb child.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about children, word, mother