Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. (Martin Andersen Nexø)

Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did.

Martin Andersen Nexø

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