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If a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
a cent anys, coteta verda
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Chinese Mandarin:
人老不中用
(rén lǎo bù zhōngyòng)
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Chinese Mandarin:
老糊塗最糊塗 /老糊涂最糊涂
(lǎo hútu zuì hútu)
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Chinese Mandarin:
老人做的蠢事最愚蠢
(lǎorén zuò de chǔnshì zuì yúchǔn)
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Chinese Mandarin:
人無愚於老而愚者 /人无愚于老而愚者
(rén wú yú yú lǎo ér yú zhě)
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Dutch:
hoe ouder hoe zotter
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Finnish:
vanhuus ei aina tuo viisautta
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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French:
on fait des sottises à tout âge
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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French:
il n'y a que les imbéciles qui ne changent pas d'avis
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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German:
Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Polish:
stary, a głupi
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Russian:
ста́рого пса но́вым фо́кусам не нау́чишь
(stárovo psa nóvym fókusam ne naúčišʹ)
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Russian:
нет ху́же дурака́, чем ста́рый дура́к
(net xúže duraká, čem stáryj durák)
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Spanish:
la cabeza blanca y el seso por venir
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
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Welsh:
henach henach, ffolach ffolach
— if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful
