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Saturday 2 June 2012

Blog telling all proverb which is a short well-known expression that states a general truth or gives advice with their meanings and origins.

Find out all proverbs with their meaning from every nations as much as I can gather them from any sources and write them just right here at this blog. For more easier, all proverbs have been being categorised by alphabet order A-Z.

Also, if each one is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity.

They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim. If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good phrasing, it may be known as an aphorism.

Proverbs are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language. Both the Bible (including, but not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs across Europe, although almost every culture has examples of its own.

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