Proverbs of the World: 7 Classic Books of Wisdom and Wit
Classic Proverbs, Aphorisms, Folk Sayings, and Satirical Wisdom from Many CulturesBy Pappity Stampoy, Thomas Preston, Henry G. Bohn, W. A. L. Elmslie, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Walter K. Kelly
Length58h 3m
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Proverbs of the World: 7 Classic Books of Wisdom and Wit gathers an expansive treasury of aphorism, folk saying, comic observation, and moral counsel from several linguistic and national traditions. Ranging from compact maxims to fuller anecdotal reflections, the volume illuminates how proverbial forms preserve communal memory while testing it through irony, satire, and worldly experience. Its inclusion of Iberian wisdom literature alongside broad international collections makes it especially valuable as a record of both shared human concerns and culturally distinctive idioms. The contributors represent translators, compilers, literary mediators, and canonical voices whose work helped circulate popular wisdom in English-language print. Their combined efforts belong to nineteenth-century antiquarian and comparative interests in folklore, national character, and vernacular expression, while also drawing on older humanist traditions of collecting sententiae. Across their varied sources and editorial methods, these voices reveal proverbs as mobile cultural artifacts: shaped by travel, translation, oral transmission, and the enduring encounter between learned literature and everyday speech. This volume is recommended to readers of folklore, comparative literature, translation, and cultural history, as well as to anyone drawn to the pleasures of concise wisdom. It offers an unusual opportunity to compare styles of wit and ethical reflection within one anthology. Reading across its diverse selections invites productive dialogue between nations, eras, and social worlds, making the collection both instructive and delightfully memorable.
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GenreOther, Literary Classics
Length58 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Collection of Scotch Proverbs
2A Collection of Scotch Proverbs
3INTRODUCTION
4I.
5Studies in Life from Jewish Proverbs
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6Studies in Life from Jewish Proverbs
7PREFACE
8CHAPTER III Forgotten Years
9CHAPTER V Iron Sharpeneth Iron
10CHAPTER VII Men and Manners
11CHAPTER VIII The Ideal
12CHAPTER IX The Exaltation of Wisdom
13CHAPTER X The Hill “Difficulty”
14CHAPTER XII Values
15CHAPTER XIV Humour in the Proverbs
16CHAPTER XVII A Chapter of Good Advice
17CHAPTER XIX Faith
18INDEX OF TITLES
19A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs
20PREFACE.
21FRENCH PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
22FRENCH PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
23ITALIAN PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
24ITALIAN PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
25GERMAN PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
26GERMAN PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
27SPANISH PROVERBS. (pt. 1)
28SPANISH PROVERBS. (pt. 2)
29PORTUGUESE PROVERBS.
30DUTCH PROVERBS.
31DANISH PROVERBS.
32Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
33Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
34A Dictionary of English Proverbs.
35D
36F
37I
38N
39T
40U
41Proverbial Philosophy
42Proverbial Philosophy
43FIRST SERIES. (pt. 1)
44FIRST SERIES. (pt. 2)
45SECOND SERIES. (pt. 1)
46SECOND SERIES. (pt. 2)
47SECOND SERIES. (pt. 3)
48Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated
49Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained, and Illustrated
50PREFACE.
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