“There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.”
“The proverb warns that, 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”
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Thomas Szasz 70
Hungarian psychiatrist 1920–2012Related quotes

“Shake the hand that feeds you.”
Source: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“If you persevere in your rancor, you do nothing but keep feeding yourself on poison.”
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Source: Tender is the Night & The Last Tycoon

“Next time you wish to feed me poison, warn me first," Loor demanded. (The Merchant of Death)”

“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.”

This quotation has been misattributed to Laozi; its origin is actually unknown (see "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" on Wiktionary). This quotation has also been misattributed to Confucius and Guan Zhong.
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