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He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs and old sayings about anger

The best candle is understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

He understands badly who listens badly.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh

From a pound of talk, an ounce of understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings Yemenite

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about contentment

Sorrow may sadden your face but it sharpens your understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sadness, face

Don't be stupid to replace wisdom with knowledge because you will lose understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about knowledge, wisdom, contentment

Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans

There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, sky, things, man

I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

To know one's self is to know others, for heart can understand heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about self-control, heart

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Be not disturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about being

The one who understands does not speak, the one who speaks does not understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Tell me, I'll forget. Show me, I may remember. But involve me, and I'll understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about past

A book gives knowledge, but it is life that gives understanding.

Proverbs and old sayings about knowledge, life

Better than the ignorant are those who read books; better still are those who retain what they read; even better are those who understand it; the best of all are those who go to work.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about books, work