The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A good man is always learning. (Roman)
A little learning is a dangerous thing; all flowers are not in one garland. (English)
A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field. (Indian)
Acquire learning, even if from the mouth of a cow. (Egyptian)
After all else is lost, learning remains. (German)
By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn. (Roman)
Despise learning and make everyone pay for your ignorance. (Chinese)
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. (Yiddish)
Don’t learn too much, else you must do a great deal. (German)
Even if we study to old age we shall not finish learning. (Chinese)
Gold has its price, but learning is priceless. (Chinese)
If you have learning, you will never lose your way. (Yiddish)
Learning cannot be bequeathed. (Yiddish)
Learning comes through work. (Irish)
Learning does not lead men astray. (Chinese)
Learning has sour roots, but pleasant fruits. (Roman)
Learning is a golden urn that can never be stolen. (Unknown)
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. (Roman)
Learning is a weightless treasure that is easily carried. (Chinese)
Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. (Chinese)
Learning is a treasure no thief can touch. (Chinese)
Learning knows no frontier. (Unknown)
Learning makes people fit company for themselves. (English)
Man is like all creatures except in learning. (Chinese)
Many an ass is disguised under a cloak of learning. (Spanish)
Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember. (Roman)
The man who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. (Danish)
The roots of learning are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. (Polish)
There is no royal road to learning. (Greek)
There is no shame in learning. (Turkish)
To know where you can find a thing is the chief part of learning. (Roman)
When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent. (English)
Without learning life is but the image of death. (Roman)
Youth soon ages, but learning is slow to achieve. (Japanese)
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