A proverb is a wise saying. Many cultures have collections of these, such as the Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament, was said to be written by king Solomon of Israel. A proverb is basically a wise saying.
Examples of proverbs
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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. |
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It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. |
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Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone. |
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See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day. |
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‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. |
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Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for its living,
And a child that’s born on the Sabbath day
Is fair and wise and good.
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Images for kids
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"Hercules and the Wagoner", illustration for children's book
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"Spilt Milk" album by Jellyfish.
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"Fleet Foxes" album cover with Netherlandish Proverbs.
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"Who will bell the cat?", comes from the end of a story.
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Proverb on tiles in Trancoso, Portugal
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Big Fishes Eat Little Fishes
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The Blind Leading the Blind painted by Bruegel
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Illustrations showing proverbs from Ben Franklin
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Billboard outside defense plant during WWII, invoking the proverb of the three wise monkeys to urge security.
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"The blind leading the blind", a Biblical saying that has spread across Europe, but is also found in India's Upanishads. First origin is indeterminate.
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"The cobbler should stick to his last" in German, also found in English and many other European languages.
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Chinese proverb. It says, "Learn till old, live till old, and there is still three-tenths not learned," meaning that no matter how old you are, there is still more learning or studying left to do.
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A sample of books used in the study of proverbs.
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Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559, with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 proverbs
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Thai ceramic, illustrating "Don't torch a stump with a hornet nest."
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Three wise monkeys, invoking a proverb, with no text.
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Blood chit used by WWII US pilots fighting in China, in case they were shot down by the Japanese. This leaflet to the Chinese depicts an American aviator being carried by two Chinese civilians. Text is "Plant melons and harvest melons, plant peas and harvest peas," a Chinese proverb equivalent to "As You Sow, So Shall You Reap".
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Anti-proverb used in advertising Chick-Fil-A
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