Chinese proverb of the day: “A woman that is not loved is as a ...” — meaning, context, and why this saying is often debated today

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Spanish proverb of the day: 'Sometimes the remedy is worse than...' Life lessons on problem, solution, human nature, success and why one should think twice before ac…

Spanish proverb of the day highlights the saying “A veces el remedio es peor que la enfermedad” or “Sometimes the remedy is ...
Forbes

The Nature Of Proverbs

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 ...

Chinese proverb of the day: 'A smile will gain you' life lessons on happiness, human behavior and why joy is contagious in nature

Chinese proverb of the day highlights the saying “A smile will gain you 10 more years of life.” The proverb explains how ...
Springfield News-Leader

Poetry from Daily Life: If 'brevity is the soul of wit,' proverbs are full of it

This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher for 36 years, he has been on a mission to ...
The Atlantic

Proverbs Considered

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 ...
BBC

We need proverbs because they reflect who we are

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 ...