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Mothers-in-law are ladies with daughters. A mother-in-law may be…

Quote byMarcus Clarke · 1846–1881

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "A Monograph", in The Austral Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke (Melbourne, 1890), p. xx.

English (original)

Mothers-in-law are ladies with daughters. A mother-in-law may be considered as the beard on the matrimonial oyster.

— Marcus Clarke

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