Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Quien algo sabe, algo vale.»
Word for word
He who something knows, something is worth.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Knowledge gives you worth.
Used to encourage study and self-improvement, emphasizing that knowledge makes a person more valuable. Common in motivational contexts.
Hear it in a sentence
Sigue estudiando, porque quien algo sabe, algo vale.
Keep studying, because knowledge gives you worth.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.