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 ...

Love is such a beautiful thing, and everyone has their own way of expressing it. Some people love songs or poetry, and some just use love quotes or even love proverbs to try and put that most ...

Plucked directly from Gerd de Ley’s Book of Chinese Proverbs: A Collection of Timeless Wisdom, Wit, Sayings & Advice, these 50 proverbs really strike a chord and are worth keeping in your back pocket.

We may travel far and wide, but wisdom and wit will always ring true. These sayings from countries all over this beautiful world reveal important lessons and universal truths for us all. What is a ...

17 1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. 2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. 3 The ...

19 1 Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. 2 Desire without knowledge is not good- how much more will hasty feet miss the way! 3 A person's own folly leads to ...

Our editors handpick the products that we feature. We may earn commission from the links on this page. The Ghanaian proverb “Wisdom is like a baobab tree: No one individual can embrace it” is a ...

Korean proverbs are small sentences with big lessons, shaped by generations of observation, culture, and lived experience. Rooted in simplicity, they remind us how to face challenges, treat others ...