"L'intelligente non sa ascoltare e lo sciocco non sa parlare"
English translation: The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk.
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| 09:10 Oct 21, 2004 |
| Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / quote from Oscar Wilde | |||||||
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| 5 +1 | The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk. |
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v.s. Explanation: There's a quote from "An Ideal Husband" which is quite similar! Irish Quotations - [ Traduci questa pagina ] ... As Oscar Wilde put it, "If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society would be quite civilized." Here are a few sayings ... www.infoplease.com/spot/irishquotes1.html - 27k - Copia cache - Pagine simili National Insults ::: Insults about England and the English - [ Traduci questa pagina ] ... Oscar Wilde If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. ... www.insultmonger.com/national/england.htm - 17k - Copia cache - Pagine simili Aphorisms, Quotations, & Wisecracks--Some I's - [ Traduci questa pagina ] ... If one could only teach the English how to talk and the Irish how to listen, society would be quite civilized.--Oscar Wilde (1856--1900), Irish writer. ... littlecalamity.tripod.com/Quotes/IJK.html - 14k - Copia cache - Pagine simili Oscar Wilde quotes quotations: funny quotes on age, art, debt ... - [ Traduci questa pagina ] ... Conversation If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. (An Ideal Husband). ... www.lifeisajoke.com/wildehumor_html.htm - 35k - Copia cache - Pagine simili |
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36 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| l'intelligente non sa ascoltare The clever people never listen Explanation: The clever people never listen, And the stupid people never talk. Oscar Wilde [A Woman of No Importance] Buon lavoro! |
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39 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1The clever people never listen, and the stupid people never talk. Explanation: L'ho trovatooooooooo! • Oscar Wilde quotation [apri in una nuova finestra] More quotes at the Daily Quotation Server Oscar Wilde. The clever people never listen, And the stupid people never talk. Oscar Wilde [A Woman of No Importance]. ... http://dqs.worldatwar.org/robots/1231.html lingua: en • Quotations & Quotes: Daily Quotation Server - Literature, Poetry ... [apri in una nuova finestra] The clever people never listen, And the stupid people never talk. Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance. DQS Quote Browser 1588680 ... http://dqs.worldatwar.org/cgi-bin/dqs?browse=1&id=1231 lingua: en |
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