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To listen to a lie is harder than to tell it.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about lie

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

One who keeps saying 'I will listen and obey' will be cooked with the corn cob.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

He understands badly who listens badly.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

He who listened to the woman suffered famine at harvest time.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, time

One who enters a forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs in the brush.

Proverbs and old sayings

Knock on the sky and Listen to the sound.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about sky

All plants are our brothers and sisters and they talk to us and if we listen we can hear them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

There are five ways in which to become wise: be silent, listen, remember, grow older and study.

Proverbs and old sayings

The words of the elderly are as sweet as honey, but if you do not listen they become as sour as bile.

Proverbs and old sayings

All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you wish to know what most occupies a man's thoughts, you have only to listen to his conversation.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, wish, man

A man has two ears and one mouth; he therefore should listen more than he talks.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about man

He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention.

Proverbs and old sayings French about attention, fear, lie

Dance as if no one were watching. Sing as if no one were listening. And live every day as if it were your last.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about dance, day

Poor is the person who does not know when he has had enough. He who talks to a silent listener will soon stand naked.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people

It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.

Proverbs and old sayings about reason