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Son Proverbs - page 2
The son of the swan is a good swimmer.
Egyptian Proverb
If you know his father and grandfather you may trust his son.
Moroccan Proverb
A hare is like an ass in the length of its ears, yet it is not its son.
West African Proverb
If the father is a frog, the son will be a frog.
Japanese Proverb
My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
Japanese Proverb
When God gives, he doesn't ask whose son a person is.
Afghan Proverb
The son of a duck is a floater.
Arabic Proverb
work for engagement of your daughter, but don't work for engagement of your son.
Arabic Proverb
Your son is your son until he marries, but your daughter is your daughter until you die.
Irish Proverb
Gambling sire, gambling son.
Portuguese Proverb
Rather a husband with one eye than with one son.
Portuguese Proverb
Make your son you heir and not your steward.
Portuguese Proverb
The ass's son brays one hour daily.
Portuguese Proverb
A spoiled son becomes a gambler, while a spoiled daughter becomes a harlot.
Hindi Proverb
A mother will understand what her dumb son says.
Georgian Proverb
Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.
Italian Proverb
When a father helps a son, both smile; but when a son must help his father, both cry.
Jewish Proverb
A good son-in-law is like the acquisition of a new son; a bad one is like the loss of your daughter.
Jewish Proverb
The enemy of a father will never be friends of his son.
Kurdish Proverb
With a mule you have a son, with a son-in-law you only have a mule.
Kurdish Proverb
Chasten thy son while there is hope.
Maltese Proverb
Blessed is the house that has a son who is a cleric.
Sicilian Proverb
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