None knows the weight of another's burden.
Meaning: No one can truly feel how heavy another person's troubles are.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- April and May are the keys of the year. — Spring's weather sets the course for the whole year's growth and harvest.
- Argus at home, but a mole abroad. — Sharp-eyed over one's own household, yet blind to everything beyond it.
- Ask but enough, and you may lower as you list. — Open by asking high, and you can always come down as you please.
- Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy. — Let your purse, not your wishes, decide what you can buy.
- The ass that brays most, eats least. — The one who brays loudest often gets the smallest share.
- Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses. — Even fools fancy themselves fit to stand among their betters.
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