The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A man should learn to sail in all winds. (Italian)
By ignorance we make mistakes, and by mistakes we learn. (Roman)
By inquiring into old things, new things are to be learned. (Japanese)
Either learn, depart, or submit to be flogged. (Roman)
Even while they teach, men learn. (Roman)
First learn, then discern. (English)
From one learn all [i.e., from one sample we judge the rest]. (Roman)
From the old ox the young one learns to plow. (Roman)
He does not do right who unlearns what he has learned. (Roman)
He who does not mix with the crowd learns nothing. (Spanish)
He who goes with wolves learns to howl. (Spanish)
He who is ashamed to ask, is ashamed to learn. (Danish)
He who learns, teaches. (African)
He who lives among wolves learns to howl. (Italian)
If you always live with those who are lame, you yourself will learn to limp. (Roman)
It destroys the craft not to learn it. (Irish)
It is never too late to learn. (Roman)
It is permitted to learn even from an enemy. (Roman)
Learn a lesson from another’s failure. (Unknown)
Learn by the peck and use by the bushel. (Korean)
Learn not, know not. (Unknown)
Learn young, learn fair; learn old, learn more. (Scottish)
Let the ignorant learn, and the learned delight in refreshing the memory. (Roman)
Live and learn. (Italian)
No one goes to bed without learning something new. (Spanish)
No one is ever too old to learn. (Roman)
No one learns but by pain or shame. (Dutch)
One learns by failing. (French)
Some people have to learn the hard way. (American)
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me, and I may not remember; involve me, and I’ll learn. (Native American)
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learned. (Roman)
That which is learned well is never forgotten. (Mexican)
The chick learns in the nest what it already knew in the egg. (German)
Through old things we learn new things. (Chinese)
We learn by teaching. (Italian)
We learn not at school, but in life. (American)
We learn not for school, but for life. (Roman)
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave. (English)
What is learned in youth is carved in stone. (Arabian)
What little John hasn’t learnt, big John won’t know. (American)
What the colt learns in youth continues in old age. (French)
What you learn to your cost you remember long. (Danish)
Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn. (Greek)
Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher. (German)
You must continue to learn for as long as you do not know, and as long as you continue to live. (Roman)
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