Child Proverbs - page 5

When God gives a child, he also gives the clothing. (Estonian Proverb)
The summer comes and kisses the child, the winter comes and kills it. View proverb
Estonian Proverb
No matter how misbehaved a child, the parents will accept. View proverb
Finnish Proverb
One year ages the old, two years grow a child. View proverb
Finnish Proverb
Send a child to do your errands, go do them yourself afterwards. View proverb
Finnish Proverb
If you call a piece of wood ‘child', you can never use it to light fire since it has become so precious. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
When you bear a grudge, your child will also bear a grudge. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
'tis a wise child that knows its own father. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
He that loves his child chastises him. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
With seven nurses the child loses its eye. View proverb
Russian Proverb
If the child does not cry, the mother won't know what it wants. (Russian Proverb)
It is easier to bear a child once a year than to shave every day. View proverb
Russian Proverb
A child of a year old sucks milk from the heel. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Saying that it's for her child, she gets herself a loaf of bread. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
The ill-mannered child finds a father wherever he goes. View proverb
Mexican Proverb
Take the drowning child from the water before scolding it. View proverb
Native American Proverb
The child is capable of splitting open the snail, not the tortoise. View proverb
Akan Proverb
An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor. View proverb
Ganda Proverb
Take your child with you where you go and be not ashamed. View proverb
Hopi Indian Proverb
A travelled child knows better than the old man who sits at home. View proverb
Ibo Proverb
At whatever age a child gets a problem, at the same age she has to shoulder the responsibility. (Ibo Proverb)
What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it. View proverb
Ibo Proverb
If you don't use the painstik, the child will never celebrate his age of ascension. View proverb
Klingon Proverb
Respect a little child, and let it respect you. View proverb
Lamba Proverb
A child one does not instruct on return, one instructs him when going. View proverb
Lamba Proverb