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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about mind, man

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

Proverbs and old sayings British about things

A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A wise man learns at the fool's expense.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about man

A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about happiness

I grew up among wise men and found that there is nothing better for man than silence.

Proverbs and old sayings about silence, man, nothing

We start as fools and become wise through experience.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about experience

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Proverbs and old sayings British

A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about woman

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word, man

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about opinion, public, man

The morning is wiser than the evening.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech

The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water moulds itself to the pitcher.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about circumstances, water

The wise man sits on the hole in his carpet.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about man

Think with the wise but walk with the vulgar.

Proverbs and old sayings German about vulgarity

One idiot threw a stone in the well, forty wise people could not get it out.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about people

The wise man buys in the summer sled and during the winter, he buys cart.

Proverbs and old sayings Romanian about man

It is easy to be wise after the event

Proverbs and old sayings British about events, old, olderness