APAD: None so deaf as those that won’t hear.

移花接木
楼主 (文学城)
None so deaf as those that won’t hear

Those who refuse to listen or understand are the most ignorant or deaf. It is impossible to communicate with someone who is not willing to listen.

Often used in reference to prejudice and intolerance.

  A poor man here is asking for relief,

  The full-fed, portly man appears quite deaf; 

  He’s humbly pleading - see the poor creature;

  The big man before him grows still deafer;

  Alas! how passing strange does this appear,

  None are so deaf as those that will not hear.

  Of those whose vision’s dim, where’er they be,

  None are so blind as those who will not see.

   —Barber, John W. The Handbook of Illustrated Proverbs (New York, NY: George F. Tuttle, 1857)

 

最西边的岛上
haha, add 2 4 nose&mouth ;-) noneSoAnosmic asThose in Covid
最西边的岛上
& none so Ageusia as those who can't taste ;-))
妖妖灵
叫不醒装睡的人~
最西边的岛上
ForgotThe5thSense:none so Anaphia asThose whoSelf-closing:-)
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7grizzly
Nothing's as it appears. It's very hard to judge.
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7grizzly
Well. I might have read too many mysteries.
最西边的岛上
“Don't judge aBook byItsCover”&"allThatGlitters isn't gold"
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7grizzly
Seek and you might find nothing :-)
最西边的岛上
mysterious story is so very interesting ;-)))
最西边的岛上
very true! but the fun part is about finding not ending ;-))
最西边的岛上
mysterious stories are so very interesting ;-)))
最西边的岛上
true! but the fun is more about the jounreny than result;-))
天边一片白云
Hearing and listening are not the same
最西边的岛上
200% agreed. EveryoneCanHear, Listening is an art&skill;-))
移花接木
those r pathological, not hearing due 2 ignoring/neglecting
移花接木
exactly
移花接木
some may cross our mind, others, let through
移花接木
passive vs active
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7grizzly
What makes you think it's going to be fun? :-)))
最西边的岛上
The unknown. challenge, learning, discovery of self …
最西边的岛上
even the failure itself. but agree fun may notB theRightWord
最西边的岛上
YesSir. ;-))
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7grizzly
Thinking of Ripley & Colonial Marine Corps heading to LV426.