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 A mother is a mother still,
 The holiest thing alive.  
 A mother is a mother still,
 The holiest thing alive. 
 The pretty and sweet manner of it forced
 Those waters from me which I would have stopped;
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 The pretty and sweet manner of it forced
 Those waters from me which I would have stopped;
  But I had not so much of man in me,
   And all my mother came into mine eyes
    And gave me up to tears. 
 They say man rules the universe,
 That subject shore and main
  Kneel down and bless the empery
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 They say man rules the universe,
 That subject shore and main
  Kneel down and bless the empery
   Of his majestic reign;
    But a sovereign, gentler, mightier,
     Man from his throne has hurled,
      For the hand that rocks the cradle
       Is the hand that rules the world. 
 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, 
until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a read more 
 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, 
until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 
 The bearing and the training of a child
 Is woman's wisdom.  
 The bearing and the training of a child
 Is woman's wisdom. 
When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he read more
When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.
One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes
One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes
[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."
[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.