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Sight before hearsay.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Sight goes before hearsay.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Out of sight, out of mind

Proverbs and old sayings British about mind

A blind man who sees is better than a sighted man who is blind.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about blind, man

In the shop of the sightless jeweler, the ruby and pebble are one.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The sight of books removes sorrows from the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about books, heart

The most horrible sight on earth cannot put out the eye.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth

I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans, good, good luck, contentment

A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

To enjoy a grander sight, climb to a greater height.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

When your finger is in pain, your sight is not lazy.

Proverbs and old sayings about pain

Who is out of sight is out of mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about mind

Men fear danger, women only the sight of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about danger, fear, man

He must have keen eyes that would know a maid at sight.

Proverbs and old sayings German about eyes

A blind leads a sightless.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about blind

There's many a ship lost within sight of harbour.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

No-one is ever poor who has the sight of his eyes and the use of his feet.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use, eyes

The three most beautiful sights: a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about garden, children, woman

It is in vain to lay a net in sight of the birds.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Absence is a foe to love; out of sight out of mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about mind, love