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Understand is better than stare.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Understanding is something we're sure the other fellow hasn't got.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish

Who does not understand a look, cannot understand long explanations.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who understands music understands the cosmos.

Proverbs and old sayings Egyptian about music

You only understand the joys of parenthood when you have your first child, you only understand the mystery of death when in mourning.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, death, contentment

A woman who does not understand by a look of the eye won't understand by a box of the fist.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about woman

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about things, contentment

If you don't understand it with a wink, you certainly will with a blow.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about contentment

You eat an egg, but you don't understand how painful it was for the chicken.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about contentment

A wise man hears one word and understands two.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about word, man

The well fed does not understand the lean.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

The only way to understand a woman is to love her

Proverbs and old sayings British about woman, love, old, olderness

Perhaps you do not understand me because you do not love me.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about love, contentment

If you want people to understand you, you speak their language.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about language, people, contentment

A satisfied man doesn't understand the feeling of a hungry man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

Having beauty doesn't mean understanding the perseverance of marriage.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about perseverance, marriage, beauty

Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about language, ancestors, contentment

He who is wise endeavours to learn how to understand the truth not less than that.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth

She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honours her; she is a goddess.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about love

To one who understands, few words are needed.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about word, americans