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“My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.”

Made Play School Mother Three Evil Father Speak Wise Gold Clubs Charm Grandmother Fascinated Monkeys My Grandmother Lap

Author:Mackenzie Phillips

“Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years.”

Years Humans Children Hands Mother President Human Beings Darkness Gone Wise Honor Equal Soldier Planes Chasms

Book:In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena

Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena

“Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.”

Children Mother Wise Offers Accepted Fortunate Shocking Flirting Maidens Papa

Book:The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)

Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)

“My mother took too much, a great deal too much, care of me; she over-educated, over-instructed, over-dosed me with premature lessons of prudence: she was so afraid that I should ever do a foolish thing, or not say a wise one, that she prompted my every word, and guided my every action. So I grew up, seeing with her eyes, hearing with her ears, and judging with her understanding, till, at length, it was found out that I had not eyes, ears or understanding of my own.”

Source: Works of Maria Edgeworth: Tales of fashionable life. 1826.- -v. 7. Patronage. 1825

“Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.”

Feels Joy Mother Wise Son Birth Mother And Son

Author:Thiruvalluvar

“No companion however wise, no friend however useful, can be to me what my mother has been: her image will long pursue my fancy; her voice for ever hang in my ears: may her precepts but sink into my heart!”

Heart May Long Has Beens Mother Voice Wise My Heart Ears Pursue Fancy Companion No Friends

Book:The letters of Mrs. Thrale

Source: The letters of Mrs. Thrale

“Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.”

Knows Lying Mother Wise Truth Is

Book:In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want

Source: In The Meantime: Finding Yourself And The Love You Want

“My mother was a very wise and strong person.”

Persons Mother Strong Wise Very Wise Strong Person

Author:Jennifer Hudson

“My mother is very wise and intelligent. If I have children and can do half as good a job as she did in keeping me in line, I'll be very happy.”

Ifs Children Jobs Mother Can Do Lines Half Wise Intelligent Very Happy Very Wise

Author:Brandon Lee