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Not all who wander are lost
from J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings on a bumper sticker.

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

„ Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. “
„ It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. “
„ Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone. “
„ 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. “
„ ‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. “
„ 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

  • Saint Martin aux Bois (60) abbatiale 1

    From the French proverbial phrase "Je me mêle des oies ferrées"—"I concern myself/meddle with shoeing geese." From a misericord at the Abbey of Saint Martin aux Bois (Oise), France

  • Pesaro, piatto con la volpe che predica alle oche, 1490-1500 ca.

    "Pearls before Swine", Latin proverb on platter at the Louvre

  • Ochsenfurt Hauptstraße 60 Schuster

    "The cobbler should stick to his last" in German. It is also an old proverb in English, but now "last" is no longer known to many.

  • Latijnse tekst boven portaal

    Latin proverb overdoorway in Netherlands: "No one attacks me with impunity"

  • Притча о слепых

    The Blind Leading the Blind by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

  • Hercules & Waggoner2

    "Hercules and the Wagoner", illustration for children's book

  • Dog in manger poster

    Play poster from 1899.

  • Gnomovtt-The-Mighty-Diamonds

    The Mighty Diamonds, singers of "Proverbs"

  • Fonte com texto (Trancoso)

    Proverb on tiles in Trancoso, Portugal

  • Jacob Jordaens - The Feast of the Bean King - Google Art Project

    The King drinks by Jacob Jordaens

  • Hornets.nest

    Thai ceramic, illustrating "Don't torch a stump with a hornet nest."

  • Pieter Brueghel the Elder - The Dutch Proverbs - Google Art Project

    Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559, with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 proverbs

  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder- Big Fish Eat Little Fish

    Big Fish Eat Little Fish

  • Oliver Pelton - Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanac Illustrated

    Illustrations showing proverbs from Ben Franklin

  • Three wise monkeys figure

    Three wise monkeys, invoking a proverb, with no text.

  • Good things come to those who dont wait

    Anti-proverb used in advertising Chick-Fil-A

  • Glass half full kind of day

    Anti-proverb used in advertising

  • Oak Ridge Wise Monkeys

    Billboard outside defense plant during WWII, invoking the proverb of the three wise monkeys to urge security.

  • Buenos Aires Graffiti

    Wordless depiction of "Big fish eat little fish", Buenos Aires, urging, "Don't panic, organize."

  • Study proverb

    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.

  • Better a monk

    Thai proverb depicted visually at a temple, "Better a monk"

  • Proverb scroll

    Scroll of the Biblical Book of Proverbs

  • Books on proverb study

    A sample of books used in the study of proverbs.

  • Holbein-erasmus

    Erasmus (1466–1536)

  • Retrato de Juan de Mal Lara

    Juan de Mal Lara (1524-1571)

  • Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther

    Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c.1809-1891)

  • Elias Lönnrot portrait-2

    Elias Lönnrot (1802 – 1884)

  • Samuel Adalberg

    Samuel Adalberg (1868-1939)

  • Photo Demetrios Loukatos

    Dimitrios Loukatos (1908–2003)

  • Wolfgang Mieder

    Wolfgang Mieder

  • MinekeSchipper

    Mineke Schipper

  • Galit Hasan Rokem

    Galit Hasan-Rokem

  • Dora Sakayan, photograph by Marine Anakhatounian

    Dora Sakayan

  • Joe Healey in full African Shirt

    Joe Healey

  • Andrzej Halemba

    Andrzej Halemba

See also

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