The known is finite

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Czech
Lépe je více věděti a méně mluviti.
Translation: It is better to know more and talk less.

French
Écoute beaucoup e parle peu.
Translation: Listen a lot and speak little.

Hungarian
Sokat hallj lass keveset szólj.
Translation: Hear much, speak little and slow.

Italian
Odi, veti et tace, se voi vivir in pace.
Translation: Listen, watch and shut up if you want to live in peace.


Parla poco, ascolta assai, e giammai non fallirai.
Translation: Speak little, listen much and you're never going to fail.

Un paio d' orecchie seccherebbero cento lingue.
Translation: One pair of ears will drain dry a hundred tongues.

Latin
Audi, cerne, tace si cum vis vivere pace.
Translation: Listen, watch and shut up if you want to live in peace.

Latvian
Daudz ko dzirdēt, maz ko runāt.
Translation: Listen much, speak little.

Polish
Więcej słuchaj, a mniej mów - zawsze szkodzi zbytek słów.
Translation: Listen more and talk less - words always do harm.

Ouve, vê e cala viverás vida folgada.
Translation: Listen, watch and shut up and you'll live a peaceful life.

Romanian
Înțeleptul tace și face.
The wise man shuts up and acts.

Spanish
Quien mucho habla, poco escucha.
Translation: Who speaks a lot, listens little.

Second thoughts are the best

French translation / traduction français
La seconde pensée est la meilleure.

German translation / Deutsch Übersetzung 
Die besten Gedanken kommen allzeit hinterdrein.

Italian translation / traduzione italiana
l secondo pensiero è il migliore.

Latin translation / translationem Latinam
Cogitationes posteriores sunt saniores.

Romanian translation / traducere în română
Dă-mi, Doamne, mintea românului cea de pe urmă.

Spanish translation / traducción española 
La segunda idea suele ser mejor.

Short prayers reach heaven

Dutch translation / Nederlandse vertaling
Ben stiger op, naade stiger ned.

Danish translation / dansk oversættelse
Het gebed opent's hemels deur.

French translation / traduction français
Courte priére pénètre les cioux.

Italian translation / traduzione italiana
Breve orazione penetra.

Latin translation / translationem Latinam
Brevis oratio penetrat coelos; Longa potatio evacuat scyphos.

Spanish translation / traducción española 
Muchos amenes al cielo llegan.

Bad is called good

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

Chinese

问者不愚，愚者不问

Great minds think alike.

German translation / Deutsch Übersetzung
Gleiche Gemüter suchen sich.

Greek translation / ελληνική μετάφραση
Tα μεγάλα πνεύματα συναντώνται.

Portuguese translation / tradução em português
Ao bom varão, terras alheias pátria são.

Spanish translation / traducción española 
Los grandes ingenios se encuentran.

Romanian translation / traducere în română
Minţile luminate gândesc la fel.

Repetition is the mother of knowledge.

French translation / traduction français
La répétition est la mère de la mémoire.

German translation / Deutsch Übersetzung
Wiederholung ist die Mutter der Weisheit.

Hungarian translation /Magyar fordítás
Ismétlés a tudás anyja.

Latin translation / translationem Latinam
Repetitio est mater studiorum.

Romanian translation / traducere în română
Repetiţia este mama învăţăturii.

Russian translation / русский перевод 
Повторе́нье - мать уче́нья.

Spanish translation / traducción española
La experiencia es la madre de la ciencia.

Swedish translation / svensk översättning
Repetition är kunskapens moder.

A word is enough to the wise.

French translation / traduction français
A bon entendeur, demi-mot.

Latin translation / translationem Latinam
Verbum sat sapienti.

Italian translation / traduzione italiana
A buon inteditore, poche parole.

Spanish translation / traducción española
A buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan.

A word is enough to the wise

Spanish translation / traducción española
A buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan.

Italian translation / traduzione italiana
A buon inteditore, poche parole

Russian translation / русский перевод
A bon entendeur, demi-mot

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

French translation / traduction français
Coucher de poule et lever de corbeau écartent l'homme du tombeau.

German translation / Deutsch Übersetzung
Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund.

Italian translation / traduzione italiana
Chi dorme non piglia pesci.

Polish translation / tłumaczenie polskie
Kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje.

Portuguese translation / tradução em português
Deitar cedo e cedo erguer, dá saúde e faz crescer.

Romanian translation / traducere în română
Cine se scoală de dimineaţă, departe ajunge.

Spanish translation / traducción española 
A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda.

A fool may give a wise man counsel

Meaning
Never under-estimate anybody and never over-estimate anybody.

Simple people are often able to give good advice to those who are considered intellectually superior.

In English, the proverb was first recorded in this form in 1641, but the sentiment it expresses is found in the romance Ywain and Gawain (c. 1350).



Dutch
Een gek zegt wel eens een wijs woord.

French
Le fous inventent les modes, et les sages les suivent.
Un fol einsegne bien un sage.

German
Ein Weiser kann von einem Narren lernen.

Italian
Anche il pazzo dice talvolta parole da savio.

Latin
Interdum stultus bene loquitur.

Portuguese
Do néscio as vezes bom conselho.

Romanian
Să-ți aduci aminte de cuvintele nebunului.
Cel înțelept de la cel nebun multe află și învață.

Scots
A fule may gie a wise man counsel.

Spanish
Del hombre necio a veces buen consejo.