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Silence is a fence around wisdom.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
A wise man does at once what a fool does finally.
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
A fault confessed is half redressed.
Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold.
Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.
If you want to tell the truth, have one foot in the stirrup.
Examine what is said, not who speaks it.
Wisdom does not come overnight.
Advice is a stranger; if he is welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything.
If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.
With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Never test the depth of a river with both feet.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
It is not enough to run; one must start in time.
When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.
You cannot wake a person who is pretending to sleep.
The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others.
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
Still waters run deep.
A word to the wise is enough.
The first step toward wisdom is silence; the second is listening.
Silence is golden.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Pearls do not lie on the seashore; if you want one, you must dive for it.
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
A book holds a house of gold.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second best time is now.
He who strikes the first blow admits he has lost the argument.
Experience is the best teacher.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Tell me and I will forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand.
A wise man makes his own decisions; an ignorant man follows public opinion.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
He who learns, teaches.
When a wise man points at the moon, the fool looks at the finger.
The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool — shun him; he who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child — teach him; he who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep — wake him; he who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise — follow him.
Wisdom is better than riches.
A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.