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One son is no son, two sons is no son, but three sons is a son.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The dishonor of the father dishonors his sons and their sons for three generations.

Proverbs and old sayings

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Mothers raise their daughters and let their sons grow up.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

Good fathers make good sons.

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

As the baker, so the buns; as the father, so the sons.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Don't trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, contentment

The dragon has nine sons, each different from the others.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Seven sons of one mother, and each one of a different mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about mind, mother

Who flees from a wolf will find a bear with two sons instead.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

Mean fathers, wasteful sons.

Proverbs and old sayings French about waste

After the daughter is married, then come sons-in-law in plenty.

Proverbs and old sayings French about law

Men prefer the wife of another but love their own sons more.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about wife, man, love

As the field, so the crops; as the father, so the sons.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Don't put your trust in princes, or the sons of men; there is no salvation in them.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Weather, husbands, and sons come as you take them.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about weather, contentment

The widow's sons have not tears.

Proverbs and old sayings about tears

The woman whose sons have died is richer than a barren woman.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman

Less good than they say for the sons of men is the drinking oft of ale: for the more they drink, the less can they think and keep a watch o'er their wits.

Proverbs and old sayings about drinking, man, good, good luck