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PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oios, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort) , a form of folk-literature, or its later imitation, expressing, in the form of a simple, homely sentence, a pungent criticism of life. Many definitions have been attempted of a " proverb," of which none has met with universal acceptance. J. Howell's (d. 1666) three essentials, " shortness, sense and salt," omit the chief
proverbs in general. Lord Russell's " The wisdom of many and the wit of one " is familiar.For a general survey of the subject of proverbs , Archbishop Trench's Proverbs and their Lessons (new ed., 1905, by A. Smythe-Palmer, with additions and notes) is useful; it contains a fairly comprehensive bibliography, ancient and modern. Bohn
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series (1898), vol. ii., contains a bibliography of English works. The principal foreign works are G. Strafforello, La Sapienza del mondo (3 vols., 1883) and Reinsberg and Dtiringsfeld, Die Sprichworter der germanisclzen and romanischen Sprachen (2 vols., 18721875). There are many popular handbooks giving full collections of proverbs, English and foreign.End of Article: PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oios, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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