Listen Proverbs - page 3

A snake's ears only listen to a stick. (African Proverb)
Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off. View proverb
African Proverb
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf. View proverb
American Proverb
Observe with the eyes; listen with the ears; shut the mouth. View proverb
American Proverb
The words of the elderly are as sweet as honey, but if you do not listen they become as sour as bile. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
To tell the truth is dangerous; to listen to it is boring. View proverb
Danish Proverb
When the government has no ears to listen with, then she has no head for governing. View proverb
Danish Proverb
A prince without ears to listen has no head to govern. View proverb
German Proverb
Never listen to these three advisers: wine, the night, and love. View proverb
German Proverb
Tell a lazy man to do something. Listen to philosophy! View proverb
Persian Proverb
Listen to people, but keep your own wits. (Polish Proverb)
Happy the generation where the great listen to the small, for it follows that in such a generation the small will listen to the great. View proverb
Jewish Proverb
There would be no slanderers if none would listen to them. View proverb
Swedish Proverb
It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason. View proverb
Kurdish Proverb
Listen with each ear, then to judgment. View proverb
Manx Proverb
Listen to the mountain wind, 'til the streams abate. View proverb
Scottish Gaelic Proverb
Who fails to listen to his elders, will hang his knapsack in the wrong place. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Who wants to judge needs to listen to the parties. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
Listen to the old and you won't be mistaken. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
How many will listen to the truth when you tell them? View proverb
Yiddish Proverb
A hungry man will listen to nothing. (Latin Proverb)
Safely housed to listen to the storm outside. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Listen to that which is openly and seriously spoken. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
It is fairer to listen to the string that broke than to never strain a bow. View proverb
Swedish Proverb