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From children and fools we may hear the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about children, truth

The wise understand; fools follow the reports of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan

The wise pursue understanding; fools follow the reports of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan

The wise understand by themselves, fools follow the reports of others.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan

Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.

Proverbs and old sayings

Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about example, reason, man

What wise men suppose is worth more than the certainties of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

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

Proverbs and old sayings about man

Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done and fools what they wish to do.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wish, people, old, olderness

The coroner and the lawyer grow fat on the quarrels of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings

Don't be quick to get angry; rage is found in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs and old sayings

Those who see the faults of others, and see not their own, are wise for others and fools for themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The dreaming man makes excuses for his inaction and places a fools cap on his head.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about heads, man

Expect not a very covetous person to be very honest for a long time. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in nae ither.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about school, experience, people, time

Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about man, knowledge, wisdom

Young people talk of what they are doing; old people of what they have done; and fools of what they have a mind to do.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, mind, old, olderness