the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

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谚语
  1. Women, particularly mothers, have a decisive influence on the future direction of society because they raise and nurture the next generation.
    — Blessings on the hand of women! . . . For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

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词源

Found as a popular saying from 1840 (See Parent's Monitor and Young People's Friend
Volume 1, p. 47 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Parent_s_Monitor_and_Young_People_s_Frie/wv8XAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22hand+that+rocks+the+cradle+rules%22&pg=PA47&printsec=frontcover); made famous by a poem (1865) by William Ross Wallace.
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