Common English proverbs are timeless expressions that offer insights into human nature, societal values and practical wisdom. These short sayings are often used to convey meaningful lessons, and their ...

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 ...

You know more of the Bible than you think you do, I often remark to my students. Phrases such as “As a dog returns to its own vomit” or “spare the rod and spoil the child” are well-known in English as ...

From "early bird" to "gift horse," there's a proverb for every situation. While they don't hold absolute truth, parents and advertisers find them useful. Wolfgang Mieder tells DW how to create one - ...

Proverbs. They’re old-fashioned, folksy, pithy — and everywhere. 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 ...

Proverbs 26:1-12, with eleven verses about the fool, constitute the longest sequence of verses on the same topic in Proverbs. Six of these are "variant repetitions," repeated elsewhere in altered form ...