Adam was the luckiest man; he had no mother-in-law…
Posted by nabil medawar in Special Collections, tags: daughter-in-law, Mother-in-law, son-in-law
- A mother-in-law made of sugar, still tastes bitter.~ Catalonian Proverb
- A mother-in-law may be good, but she is better when mother earth covers her up.~ Catalonian Proverb
- Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.~ John Chrusciel
- Be kind to your mother-in-law but pay for her board at some good hotel. ~ Josh Billings
- Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. ~ Henry Louis Mencken
- Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil’s pants.~ French Proverb
- If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don’t keep her in the living room.~ Lyndon B. Johnson
- I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, “Get the hell off my property.” ~ Joan Rivers
- Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport.~ Henry Youngman
- Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, storm and hail.~ Italian Proverb
- Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can be cooked together but they will never be tender.~ French Proverb
- Mother-in-law: A woman who destroys her son-in-law’s peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers.~ Author Unknown
- My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.~ John Barrymore
- Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.~ Japanese Proverb
- The grumbling mother-in-law forgets that she once was a bride.~ Greek Proverb
- The more the mother-in-law drinks the more friendly is her greeting.~ Greek Proverb
- There is nothing better than a rich wife and a generous mother-in-law.~ Russian Proverb
- There once was a good mother-in-law but the wolf gobbled her up.~ French Proverb
- Well-married is when you have no mother-in-law and no sister-in-law.~ Spanish Proverb
- We really have no definition of mother in our law books. Mother was believed to have been so basic that no definition was deemed necessary.~ Marianne O. Battani
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