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

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

Even a child makes himself known by his doings.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, americans

The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

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

No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, bad luck, bad, americans, good, good luck

Early childhood should be as happy and carefree as you can make it.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about childhood, happiness, americans

A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about children, americans

Knowledge acquired as a child is more lasting than an engraving on stone.

Proverbs and old sayings about knowledge, children

A house without a child is like a tomb.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, home, house

There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about children, world, mother

There is no name which cannot distinguish a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about name, children

The motherless child will suckle the grandmother.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The child who loves freedom is the first victim of it.

Proverbs and old sayings about victims, children

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, woman

Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about patience, children, mother

Respect a little child, and let it respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about respect, children

A child one does not instruct on return, one instructs him when going.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about children

A child is an axe; when it cuts you, you still pick it up and put it on your shoulder.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Train up a child in the way he should go.

Proverbs and old sayings British about trains, children

A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

Proverbs and old sayings British about simplicity, children, man

Never be boastful; someone may pass who knew you as a child.

Proverbs and old sayings British about children