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) [compiler]
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