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“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.”
Hamilton Wright Mabie quotes (American writer, 1845-1916)
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“A mother understands what a child does not say.”

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“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
Washington Irving quotes (American Writer called the first American man of letters. Best known for the short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. 1783-1859)
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“A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking”
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“No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life”

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“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
Honore de Balzac quotes (French Novelist He developed the realistic novel describing French society in Comedie Humaine (1841). 1799-1850)
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“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”
Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)
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“Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.”
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“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.”
Erich Fromm quotes (German born American social Philosopher and Psychoanalyst, 1900-1980)
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“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”
Erma Bombeck quotes (U.S. humorist, 1927-1996)
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“The remembrance of a beloved mother becomes a shadow to all our actions; it precedes or follows them”

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