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Hearing Proverbs
Mothers-in-law are hard of hearing.
African Congo Proverb
Landing a single punch on your enemy's nose is more satisfying than hearing well-intentioned advice from your elders.
Tibetan Proverb
One good punch on your enemy's nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders.
Tibetan Proverb
A healthy ear can stand hearing sick words.
Senegalese Proverb
Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment keep silent with sharpened hearing.
Norse Proverb
Let us see then tell; hearing is not seeing.
Swahili Proverb
Hearing is not seeing.
Swahili Proverb
Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.
Chinese Proverb
In vain is the mill-clock if the miller his hearing lack.
Romanian Proverb
Hearing he hears not. He is deaf to entreaty.
Latin Proverb
Knowing but not telling it is what kills old men. Hearing but not heeding it is what kills young men.
Ibo Proverb
Wrang hearing makes wrang rehearsing.
Scottish Proverb
Bad hearing is a good helper.
Finnish Proverb