An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
Rudyard KiplingRead
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
My mother loved children - she would have given anything if I had been one.
By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
That best academy, a mother's knee.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation.
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
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