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 contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention. ~French Proverbs
If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look. ~ Armenian Proverb
A man who cries all the time is not heard. ~ African Proverb
If you can’t get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it’s confidential. ~ Traditional Proverb
Kings have many ears and eyes. ~ Traditional Proverb
All men have three ears, one on the left of his head, one on the right and one in his heart. ~Armenian Proverbs
“I heard” is good; “I saw” is better. ~ Chinese Proverb
Who is blind, dumb and deaf will live a peaceful life of a hundred years. ~ Sicilian Proverb
It is useless to knock at the door of a deaf man. ~Greek Proverbs
Truth is for the ears what smoke is for the eyes and vinegar for the tongue. ~ German Proverb
Neither reprove nor flatter your wife where people hear or see it. ~ Dutch Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverbs
Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind. ~ Yiddish Proverb
He who prays for his neighbors will be heard for himself. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Too many words blacken your ears. ~ Burundi Proverb
What is told in the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away. ~ Chinese Proverb
When the big bells ring, the little bells are not heard. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
Who talks little hears better. ~ Russian Proverb
When big bells ring, little ones are not heard. ~ Serbian Proverb
In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind. ~ French Proverb
What the child says, he has heard at home. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf. ~ Native American Proverb
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~ Chinese Proverb
With one ear he hears, and with the other he dismisses. ~ Iranian Proverb
A deaf man may not have heard the thunder but he surely will see the rain. ~ Malian Proverb
The more you listen the more you give yourself room for doubt. ~ Mongolian Proverb
Listen with both ears, but speak with only one tongue. ~ Turkish Proverb
In heaven you won’t hear the mosquitoes. ~ Finnish Proverb
Ask no questions and hear no lies. ~ Traditional Proverb
Talk of the devil and you hear his bones rattle. ~ Dutch Proverb
When we sing everybody hears us, when we sigh nobody hears us. ~ Russian Proverb
One eye is a better witness than two ears. ~ Danish Proverb
When you’ve heard it you must see it; when you’ve seen it make a judgment with your heart. ~ Laotian Proverb
A powerful man has big ears. ~ Japanese Proverb
God hears things upside down. ~ Lebanese Proverb
If a man would live in peace, he should be blind, deaf, and dumb. ~ Persian Proverb
When the ear does not hear the eye will see better. ~ Guyanese Proverb
Listeners never hear good of themselves. ~ Traditional Proverb
You hear little from the drummer that is paid in advance. ~ French Proverb
Believe your servants but do not listen to them. ~ Chinese Proverb
It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason. ~ Kurdish Proverb
The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further off than the roar of a lion. ~ Arabian Proverb
An empty stomach will not listen to anything. ~ Spanish Proverb
A happy man does not hear the clock strike. ~ German Proverb
Eyes trust themselves, ears trust others. ~ German Proverb
Even the night has ears. ~ Tanzanian Proverb
Keep your ears wider and your mouth narrower. ~ Russian Proverb
You cannot reason with a hungry belly; it has no ears. ~ Greek Proverb
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~ German Proverb
A good orator makes us see with our ears. ~ Arabian Proverb
He who listens to a proposition is already half sold. ~ German Proverb
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance. ~ Italian Proverb
When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything. ~ Swiss Proverb
A prince without ears to listen has no head to govern. ~ German Proverb
It is folly to sing twice to a deaf man. ~ English Proverb
He who is struck by the lightning doesn’t hear the thunder. ~ Hungarian Proverb
You only hear three voices in this world: the babbling of the stream, Jewish law, and money. ~ Palestinian Proverb
The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains. ~ Traditional Proverb
Pray for revenge, and God will turn a deaf ear. ~ Russian Proverb
Not everything you hear is good for conversation. ~ Jamaican Proverb
The quarrel that doesn’t concern you is pleasant to hear about. ~ Nigerian Proverb
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor, they also shall cry themselves, but not be heard. ~ Bible
If the pocket is empty, the judge is deaf. ~ Russian Proverb
Ears do not grow higher than the head. ~ Russian Proverb
You have two ears, but you never hear words twice. ~ Surinamese Proverb
A healthy ear can stand hearing sick words. ~ Senegalese Proverb
Ears are usually uninvited guests. ~ African Proverb
Never whisper to the deaf or wink at the blind. ~ Slovenian Proverb
Day has its eyes, night has its ears. ~ Japanese Proverb
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ~ Bible
A deaf man heard how a mute told that a blind man has seen how a cripple walked. ~ Yiddish Proverb
I am talking to you, daughter-in-law, so that you could hear it, neighbor! ~ Egyptian Proverb
Do not tell all that you know, don’t believe all you hear, and don’t do all that you can. ~ Portuguese Proverb
Daughters may be seen but not heard. ~ Dutch Proverb
Walls have mice and mice have ears. ~ Iranian Proverb
If you close one eye, you will not hear everything. ~ Swiss Proverb
Woods have ears and fields have eyes. ~ Dutch Proverb
Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see. ~ Traditional Proverb
To live in peace one must be blind, deaf, and mute. ~ Turkish Proverb
Do not sigh, for your enemy will hear and rejoice. ~ Yemeni Proverb
If the peasant doesn’t hear the thunder he won’t make the sign of the cross. ~ Russian Proverb
It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~ German Proverb
Slander by the stream will be heard by the frogs. ~ Mozambican Proverb
The ears do not lose their interest. ~ Namibian Proverb
To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things. ~ Indian Proverb
Listening well is as powerful as talking well, and is also as essential to true conversation. ~ Chinese Proverb
There are none so deaf as those who will not hear advice. ~ Sanskrit Proverb
One good punch on your enemy’s nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders. ~ Tibetan Proverb
Do not buy with your ears but with your eyes. ~ Czech Proverb
Once a word has been uttered it belongs to those who hear it. ~ Montenegro Proverb
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing. ~ Sudanese Proverb
Walls have ears, bottles have mouths. ~ Japanese Proverb
What children heart heir parents say by the fireside, they repeat in the highway. ~ Spanish Proverb
Those that rule must hear and be deaf, must see and be blind. ~ German Proverb
The earth has ears, the wind has a voice. ~ Turkish Proverb
A woman listens only to the advice of a fool. ~ African Proverb
I’m talking to the door, but I want the walls to hear me. ~ Afghan Proverb
Those that will not hear must be made to feel. ~ German Proverb
Conversation is the food of the ears. ~ Trinidadian Proverb
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen. ~ Jewish Proverb
The back has to pay for what the ears didn’t hear. ~ Finnish Proverb
Even flies have ears. ~ Tanzanian Proverb
Children will tell you what they do, men what they think and older people what they have seen and heard. ~ Gypsy Proverb
If “How are you?” cost a cent, few would hear it. ~ Jamaican Proverb
When the government has no ears to listen with, then she has no head for governing. ~ Danish Proverb
A man with two ears can be supported by two words. ~ Egyptian Proverb
Money has no ears but it hears; no legs but it walks. ~ Japanese Proverb
Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~ Fijian Proverbs
He promised me earrings, but then only pierced my ears. ~ Arabian Proverb
When a woman talks to you, smile but do not listen. ~ Chinese Proverb
Ears have no covers. ~ Creole Proverb
Never tell your friends what your enemy may not hear. ~ Arabian Proverb
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