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It is easier to beat two devils into a child, than one devil out.

Proverbs and old sayings Swiss about children, devil

No one cries for losing money but the one who earned the money, no one cries for losing the child but his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Syrian about money, children, mother

To love a cow, tie it up; To love a child, hit him/her.

Proverbs and old sayings Thai about love, children

A child without education, is like a bird without wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about education, children

Better the child weeps than your wife.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, wife

A rich child often sits in a poor mothers lap.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, wealth

When a child knows how to wash his hands well, he eats with the elders.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

To kiss the child is to kiss the mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about kiss, children, mother

The baker's child goes hungry.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about children

The shoemaker's child goes barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about children

The crow said: Oh, my snow-white child.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about children

If your child is dancing clumsily, tell him: 'you are dancing clumsily'; do not tell him: 'darling, do as you please. '

Proverbs and old sayings about children

The child that falls by itself does not cry.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

When the tree falls, any child can climb it.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about children

The child will grow, his clothes will not.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about clothes, children

Milk for a child, meat for a man, beer for the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about children, man, old, olderness

By crawling, a child learns to stand.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children

The child looks everywhere and often sees nought, the old man, sitting on the ground, sees everything.

Proverbs and old sayings Wolof about children, man, old, olderness

A child's tear rends the heavens.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about children

With a child in the house, all corners all full.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about children, home, house