By seeing one thou knowest him half, by hearing him speak thou knowst all.
[Vedendo uno conosci mezzo, udendolo parlar il conosci tutto.]
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian, writer, aphorist
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “Proverbs in Italian” (1659)
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Howell, James - Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, "Proverbs in Italian" (1659) [compiler] | WIST Quotations
By seeing one thou knowest him half, by hearing him speak thou knowst all. [Vedendo uno conosci mezzo, udendolo parlar il conosci tutto.] See also the Bible, Menander.WIST Quotations
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