A busy mother makes slothful daughters.
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JOSEPH EPSTEIN Love makes a man coward but mother makes love stronger.
RANA AHMAD KHAN A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
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KAT BEA The slothful is the servant of the counters.
GEORGE HERBERT A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
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JOHN MORLEY A proverb and a by-word among all people,
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YUGOSLAV PROVERB Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB There is no proverb without a grain of truth
RUSSIAN PROVERB A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English Proverb.
UNKNOWN A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
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AFRICAN PROVERBS Hold a true friend with both hands. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1) A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
JOHN RUSSELL Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ever so welcome, wait for a call"
(West Indian proverb)
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NICHOLSON BAKER Gratitude is the heart's memory. -French Proverb.
FRENCH PROVERB Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
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SOUAD A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.
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JOHN RUSSELL Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
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