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

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)

 

haha, add 2 4 nose&mouth ;-) noneSoAnosmic asThose in Covid

& none so Ageusia as those who can't taste ;-))

叫不醒装睡的人～

ForgotThe5thSense:none so Anaphia asThose whoSelf-closing:-)

Nothing's as it appears. It's very hard to judge.

Well. I might have read too many mysteries.

“Don't judge aBook byItsCover”&"allThatGlitters isn't gold"

Seek and you might find nothing :-)

mysterious story is so very interesting ;-)))

very true! but the fun part is about finding not ending ;-))

mysterious stories are so very interesting ;-)))

true! but the fun is more about the jounreny than result;-))

Hearing and listening are not the same

200% agreed. EveryoneCanHear, Listening is an art&skill;-))

those r pathological, not hearing due 2 ignoring/neglecting

exactly

some may cross our mind, others, let through

passive vs active

What makes you think it's going to be fun? :-)))

The unknown. challenge, learning, discovery of self …

even the failure itself. but agree fun may notB theRightWord

YesSir. ;-))

Thinking of Ripley & Colonial Marine Corps heading to LV426.