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Quotation from Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (compiler)
“Listen, all ye mothers, listen, Learn from me a tale of wisdom: Never urge unwilling daughters From the dwellings of their fathers, To the bridegrooms that they love not,”
Kalevala, Rune IV, trans. John Martin Crawford
Hearing that Aino has drowned rather than marry Väinämöinen, her mother laments that she pressed the match.
Citation: "Listen, all ye mothers, listen, Learn from me a tale of wisdom: Never urge unwilling daughters From the dwellings of their fathers, To the bridegrooms that they love not," — Elias Lönnrot (compiler), Kalevala, Rune IV, trans. John Martin Crawford. (id kalevala-q2)
Portrait: The Defence of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Public domain.
