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A good priest learns until his death.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about death, good, good luck

When a drunk meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and truly mad.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, man

When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, man

He who teaches often learns himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He is wise who learns at another's cost.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who lives among wolves learns to howl.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The hen scratches and the chicken learns.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

From the old ox the young one learns to plough.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about old, olderness

He who walks with wolves learns to howl.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

He that learns naught will never know how one is the fool of another, for if one be rich another is poor and for that should bear no blame.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth

He who knows, knows. He who doesn't know, learns.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A barber learns to shave by shaving fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

He that learns a trade has a purchase made.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about commerce

The dog learns to swim when the water reaches his ears.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about water

Each day learns from the one before it, but no day teaches the one after it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about day

As the auld cock craws the young one learns.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

By committing foolish acts, one learns wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings about wisdom

He who sleeps much, learns little.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He wanders around by day a lot, learns a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings about day