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A story without an author is not worth listening to.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The talkers sows, the listener reaps.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wisdom

We learn by watching and listening.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A silent man is the best one to listen to.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about man

He who talks to a silent listener will soon stand naked.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The speaker may well be a fool but the listener is wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about man

To speak is to sow; to listen is to reap.

Proverbs and old sayings

A hungry man will listen to nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about nothing, man

Safely housed to listen to the storm outside.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Safely housed to listen to the storm outside. [To contemplate danger from a safe place. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about danger

Those who do not listen to the voice of the elderly are like trees without roots.

Proverbs and old sayings about voice

One must talk little, and listen a lot.

Proverbs and old sayings

The deaf does not listen, but invents well.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican

When an elder speaks, be silent and listen.

Proverbs and old sayings

The more you listen the more you give yourself room for doubt.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about doubt

If I listen, I have the advantage; if I speak, others have it.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan

I saw and was silent, I saw and pondered, I listened to the speech of men.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

With his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes; thus each wise man spies out the way.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes, man