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Wise men philosophize as the fools live on.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about man

Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.

Proverbs and old sayings Mongolian about man

Wise men learn at another's expense.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about man

Wise men learn by other men's harms; fools, by their own.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about man

Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about heart, man

He is not wise that is not wise for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings English

He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

He who travels a lot becomes wise; he who is wise stays home.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about home

Fools are more useful to the wise than wise are to fools.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When the wise man gets angry, he stops being wise.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, man

Who goes slowly, goes wisely, and who goes wisely, goes far.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

A wise man and a fool together, know more than a wise man alone.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about deeds

He is wise to no purpose, who is not wise for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about purpose

No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings Argentinian about woman, change, man

People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, people, man

The friend of a fool is a fool. The friend of a wise person is another wise person.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

No man is born wise.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

Some are wise and some are otherwise.

Proverbs and old sayings British