The Good Mother
The Notre-Dame basilica of the Guard is considered by the Marseilles population as their guardian and the protectoress of the city, hence current naming of 'good mother'.
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Famous quotes containing the words the good and/or mother:
“For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle,
And the merry love to dance....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“When you gonna get married, Marty? You should be ashamed of yourself. All your brothers and sisters, younger than you, they get married and got the children. I meet your mother in the produce store. She say to me “Eh, you know a nice girl for my boy Marty?” What’s the matter with you? That’s no way!”
—Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)