Famous Proverbs
453 Proverbs about Mother / Page 5
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Marry me forthwith, mother, for my face is growing wrinkled.42.
What is marriage, mother? Daughter, it is spinning, bearing children, and weeping.43.
A bad mother wishes for good children.44.
A handful of motherwit is worth a bushel of learning.45.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests.46.
As long as I was a daughter-in-law I never had a good mother-in-law, and as long as I was a mother-in-law I never had a good daughter-in-law.47.
If the child cries let the mother hush it, and if it will not be hushed let it cry.48.
It's enough to make a parson swear, or a quaker kick his mother.49.
Mother, marry me, marry me, or the gull will fly away with me.50.
Mother, what is marrying? Spinning, bearing children, and crying, daughter.