Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 30:20.

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    These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
    —Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 6:16-19.

    Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old.
    English proverb, collected in J. Ray, English Proverbs (1670)