“To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.”

Walking among the autumn leaves at Ryōan-ji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

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To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.

— Indian proverb

Book Title – Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous – Get the book

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Attributed to: Indian proverb
Culture / tradition: Indian
Published in: Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous
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