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The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when read more
The mother loves her child most divinely, not when she surrounds him with comfort and anticipates his wants, but when she resolutely holds him to the highest standards and is content with nothing less than his best.
 There is none,
 In all this cold and hollow world, no fount
  Of deep, strong, deathless love, read more 
 There is none,
 In all this cold and hollow world, no fount
  Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within
   A mother's heart. 
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
 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. 
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she read more
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
 There was a place in childhood that I remember well,
 And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy read more 
 There was a place in childhood that I remember well,
 And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell. 
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.
 Happy he
 With such a mother! faith in womankind
  Beats with his blood, and trust in all read more 
 Happy he
 With such a mother! faith in womankind
  Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high
   Comes easy to him, and though he trip and fall,
    He shall not blind his soul with clay. 
 A woman's love
 Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,
  And by its weakness overcomes.  
 A woman's love
 Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,
  And by its weakness overcomes.