[Idiom] Children and fools tell the truth

[Stratos81]

In Greek the version of the proverb Children and fools tell the truth is From a child and a crazy man or (madman) you learn the truth.
What is the literal and what is the metaphorical translation of the proverb Children and fools tell the truth in English?

 

[emsr2d2]

In Greek, the version of the proverb "Children and fools tell the truth" is "From a child and a crazy man or (madman), you learn the truth."

What is the literal and what is the metaphorical translation of the proverb "Children and fools tell the truth" in English?

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Please note my added punctuation above. It's important to mark out the words/phrases/sentences you are asking us about in some way. For quotes like proverbs, put them in quotation marks.

I've never heard that proverb. I see from a quick Google search that it's an American English proverb, which is probably why I'm not familiar with it. What do you not understand about it?