A little child weighs on your knee, a big one on your heart

Similar English and Irish sayings:

A child’s service is little, yet he is no little fool that despises it A child’s service is little, yet he is no little fool that despises it
The reason of the poor weigh not The reason of the poor weigh not
A child may have too much of his mother’s blessing A child may have too much of his mother’s blessing

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