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A proverb is a concise statement in a fixed form of an apparent truth which has currency among the people.

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Resources in This Category

• Contemplate - Take Time to Think

  http://www.contemplate.us/
  Search or browse nearly 3,000 proverbs with more be added regularly.

• Creative Proverbs from Around the World

  http://creativeproverbs.com/
  Search or browse 12,000 proverbs from 300 cultures and countries.

• De Proverbio

  http://www.deproverbio.com/
  Electronic journal devoted to paremiology (study of proverbs) and paremiography (collection of proverbs), presenting excerpts of scholarly articles, proverb collections, and bibliographies.

• Discursive Modes Collection: Proverb Resources

  http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/
  Definitions, proverb collections with search option, articles, and links.

• Insects: Citations and Proverbs

  http://www.bijlmakers.com/entomology/proverbs_insects.htm
  A collection of citations, proverbs, and expressions about insects and spiders.

• International Proverbs - Simple Truths

  http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/traditional-proverbs.htm
  Small collection of proverbs, explained by children (in English).

• Proverbes

  http://proverbes.pagesperso-orange.fr/proverbe.htm
  Various collections of French and international proverbs (in French, some bilingual).

• Proverbs and Reality

  http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/tarsad/nyelvtud/proverbs/html/proverbs.htm
  Article by Gyula Paczolay, University of Veszprém, discussing reality/truth in proverbs.

• Proverbs, Precepts, Quotations, Sources - Windsor Castle

  http://oaks.nvg.org/pega5.html
  Collection of wise sayings from several peoples and cultures at the WIndsor Castle website.

• The Matti Kuusi International Type System of Proverbs

  http://lauhakan.home.cern.ch/lauhakan/cerp.html
  Browse or search an international database and type system of proverbs.

• The Quotations Home Page - Annoying Proverbs

  http://www.theotherpages.org/quote-07.html
  Proverbs that are repeated with such frequency that they grate on your nerves each time you hear them.

• The Quotations Homepage - Proverbial Wisdom

  http://www.theotherpages.org/quote-05.html
  More than 600 proverbs (in English) collected from around the world, listed alphabetically.

• The Tartu Research Group of Paremiology

  http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol2/mieder.htm
  Article on the history of Estonian paremiography, by Arvo Krikmann and Ingrid Sarv, published in the E-zine Folklore.

• The Tropical Landscapes of Proverbia

  http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Culture/Hernadi_Steen_99.html
  Article by Hernadi and Steen discussing form and function of proverbs.

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