Pearls of Wisdom: A Six-Book Collection of Proverbs
A Cross-Cultural Treasury of Folk Sayings, Moral Aphorisms, and Practical Life CounselBy Henry G. Bohn, Walter K. Kelly, Pappity Stampoy, Thomas Preston, F. Edward Hulme
Length37h 18m
About this audiobook
Pearls of Wisdom: A Six-Book Collection of Proverbs gathers a capacious body of proverbial literature in which moral instruction, wit, observation, and verbal economy converge. Its six-book design invites readers to encounter aphorisms, maxims, traditional sayings, and literary reflections across differing registers—from grave ethical counsel to comic social commentary. Rather than presenting wisdom as fixed doctrine, the volume reveals the proverb as a flexible form: memorable enough for popular circulation, yet rich enough to preserve cultural assumptions, contradictions, and historical experience. Its distinctive value lies in the sustained juxtaposition of inherited commonplaces and more elaborate literary formulations. Associated with Henry G. Bohn, Walter K. Kelly, Pappity Stampoy, Thomas Preston, and F. Edward Hulme, the collection draws upon editors, compilers, translators, and literary mediators whose work helped preserve and transmit vernacular and classical wisdom for broad readerships. Their combined presence situates the anthology within nineteenth-century traditions of popular education, antiquarian recovery, and comparative folklore. These varied contributors demonstrate how proverbs travel between languages, social classes, and literary traditions, acquiring renewed force in each setting. Recommended for students of literature, folklore, rhetoric, and cultural history, this volume offers an unusually concentrated encounter with the world's pithiest forms of expression. Readers will find both an educational resource and a lively conversation among voices, eras, and traditions.
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GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length37 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Gems Gathered in Haste
2GEMS GATHERED IN HASTE: A New Year's Gift for Sunday Schools
3Proverb Lore. Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources
4PROVERB LORE
5CHAPTER II
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6CHAPTER III
7CHAPTER IV
8CHAPTER V
9CHAPTER VI
10CHAPTER VII (pt. 1)
11CHAPTER VII (pt. 2)
12A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs
13PREFACE.
14FRENCH PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
15FRENCH PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
16ITALIAN PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
17ITALIAN PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
18GERMAN PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
19GERMAN PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
20SPANISH PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
21SPANISH PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
22PORTUGUESE PROVERBS.
23DUTCH PROVERBS.
24DANISH PROVERBS.
25Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated
26PREFACE.
27PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
28YOUTH AND AGE.
29CO-OPERATION. RECIPROCITY. SUBORDINATION.
30PATIENCE. FORTITUDE. PERSEVERANCE.
31THOROUGHGOING. THE WHOLE HOG.
32SELF-LOVE. SELF-INTEREST. SELF-RELIANCE.
33FALSE APPEARANCES AND PRETENCES, HYPOCRISY, DOUBLE DEALING, TIME-SERVING.
34EXPERIENCE.
35TRUTH. FALSEHOOD. HONESTY.
36RETRIBUTION. PENAL JUSTICE.
37PHYSIC. PHYSICIANS. MAXIMS RELATING TO HEALTH.
38A Collection of Scotch Proverbs
39INTRODUCTION
40I.
41Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
42A Dictionary of English Proverbs.
43D
44F
45I
46N
47T
48U
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