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A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary.
Source: Her Son's Wife, 1926. -- Dorothy Canfield Fisher, (Feb 17 1879-1958), US author, essayist; Her numerous novels included Best Twig, 1915 and Seasoned Timber, 1939.