Proverbials!

Sayings about Hearing & Listening Listening to good advice is the way to wealth. ~ Iranian Proverb Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak. ~ Greek Proverb Better to hear curses than to be pitied. ~ Yiddish Proverb Give your ears to words but do not give your words to ears. ~ Hindustani Proverb Listen with one ear; be suspicious with the other. ~ Laotian Proverb Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips. ~ Indonesian Proverb I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~ Chinese Proverbs Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said. ~ Russian Proverbs Never listen to these three advisers: wine, the night, and love. ~ German Proverbs A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further. ~ Finnish Proverbs Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears. ~ Dutch Proverbs He who comes from afar may lie without fear of...

Sayings about Sight Sight  before hearsay. ~ Danish Proverb Bravery without foresight is like a blind horse. ~ Iranian Proverb A blind man who sees is better than a  sighted  man who is blind. ~ Iranian Proverb The three most beautiful sights : a potato garden in bloom, a ship under sail, and a woman after the birth of a child. ~ Irish Proverb There are three friends in this world: courage, sense, and insight. ~ African Proverb Once bitten by a snake, he is scared all his life at the mere sight of a rope. ~ Chinese Proverb A big crowd, but not a human being in sight ! ~ Yiddish Proverb We walk by faith and not by sight . ~ Bible A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. ~ Arabian Proverb Men fear danger, women only the sight of it. ~ Ethiopian Proverb When God wishes a man well, He gives him insight into his faults. ~ Islamic Proverb The sight of books removes sorrows from the heart. ~ African Pr...

Sayings about Blindness & The Blind There is no blindness but the blindness of the heart. ~ Tunisian Proverb If you go to sleep with the blind , you'll wake up squinting. ~ Bulgarian Proverb If you are travelling in the blind man's country close one eye. ~ Romanian Proverb Among the blind , the squint rules. ~ Hindu Proverb A light is still a light -- even though the blind man cannot see it. ~ Austrian Proverb The blind say that eyes have no sense of smell. ~ Nigerian Proverb When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward. ~ Swedish Proverb Self-love is blind . ~ Dutch Proverb Who is blind , dumb and deaf will live a peaceful life of a hundred years. ~ Sicilian Proverb Love is one-eyed, hate is blind . ~ Danish Proverb Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind . ~ Yiddish Proverb If a blind man says, "Let's throw stones," be assured that he has stepped on one. ~ Nigerian Proverb Love is blind ; friendshi...

Sayings about Eyes Onions, smoke and women bring tears to your  eyes . ~ Danish Proverb The eyes are the window of the soul. ~ Traditional Proverb The eye is blind if the mind is absent. ~ Italian Proverb Away from the eye , away from the mind. ~ Palestinian Proverb The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes. ~ Nigerian Proverb What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire. ~ Dutch Proverb Present to the eye , present to the mind. ~ Chinese Proverb He who doesn't open his eyes when he buys must still open his purse to pay. ~ Danish Proverb Beauty is the eye's food but the soul's sorrow. ~ German Proverb If you close one eye , you will not hear everything. ~ Swiss Proverb Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee. ~ Spanish Proverb Among the blind the one eyed is king. ~ Traditional Proverb Only through the eyes of others can we really see our own faults. ~ Chinese Proverb...