French proverb of the day highlights the importance of recognizing opportunities, valuing relationships, and taking timely ...

Mongolian proverb of the Day: A Mongolian proverb highlights three conversation levels: ideas, facts, and daily routines. It ...

What really are proverbs, where do they come from, how are they disseminated and what function do they have in modern society? Those are questions that are often asked when people reflect on the ...

Ancient Greek wisdom highlights the profound lesson of planting trees for future shade, symbolizing selfless contributions to ...

A PROVERB, says the Oxford Dictionary, is ‘a short pithy saying in common and recognized use; a concise sentence, often metaphorical or alliterative in form, which is held to express some truth ...

Moroccan Proverb of the Day: A traditional Moroccan proverb, "The tree with fruit gets hit with stones," illustrates that success and achievement naturally attract criticism and jealousy. This wisdom ...

PROF Wolfgang Mieder (born 1944) is best known for his work on paremiology. Paroemias means proverbs and paremiology is the study of proverbs. Mieder says that the discussion as to what proverb is and ...

From old chestnuts like “no pain, no gain” to sports wisdom like “the best offence is a good defence”, there seems to be a proverb for everything. There’s good reason: proverbs touch on just about ...