"You never know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." What does it mean?

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It's from the novel "To kill a mockingbird".Thanks for your help:)

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It is a very old saying in America and it doesn't mean anything. It's just a dumb old saying that sounds like you know something when you don't.

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It can be interpreted as "Until you fully understand the person and cd relate to the person you can not fully understand them". This isn't phrased today like in that novel but it is still in fact something that is referenced to

"You never know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them." What does it mean?

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