Child Proverbs

If you want the truth, ask a child. (French Proverb)
A mother understands what a child does not say. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast. View proverb
Persian Proverb
What the child sees, the child does. What the child does, the child is. View proverb
Irish Proverb
Never give a child a sword. View proverb
Latin Proverb
A child is like an axe; even if it hurts, you still carry them on your shoulders. View proverb
Finnish Proverb
A woman without is she who has neither pipe nor child. View proverb
Irish Proverb
No child was ever born without having been conceived. View proverb
Filipino Proverb
A burnt child dreads the fire. View proverb
English Proverb
Boil not the pap before the child is born. View proverb
Italian Proverb
A man without a child is a king without sorrows. (Persian Proverb)
The grown-up pays attention to what you are doing; the child sees beyond that. View proverb
Hindi Proverb
If the child does not cry, the mother knows not its wants. View proverb
Russian Proverb
One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
The child of a rat is a rat. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
Too large a morsel chokes the child. View proverb
Mauritania Proverb
Do not make the dress before the child is born. View proverb
Tanzanian Proverb
Don't tell any more fairy tales when the child has gone to sleep. View proverb
Burundi Proverb
A child is a bridge to heaven. View proverb
Persian Proverb
the child and the little bird, God catches the fall. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
A child without education is like a bird without wings. (Tibetan Proverb)
When the tree falls, any child can climb it. View proverb
Vietnamese Proverb
The child you sired hasn't sired you. View proverb
Somali Proverb
When the child falls the mother weeps; when the mother falls the child laughs. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
A child may have too much of his mother's blessing. View proverb
English Proverb
📖 Child Quotes