Proverbs
The sayings a people kept. Browse by tradition — or read the ones nobody signed.
217 traditions · 6,349 proverbs
- Unspecified1,250
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- Jewish252
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- Indian63
- Persian56
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- Serbian41
- Welsh39
- Polish36
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- African-American33
- Korean33
- Nigerian32
- Latvian29
- Egyptian27
- Hindi27
- Albanian26
- Hebrew26
- Arab24
- Swahili23
- Yugoslav23
- Jamaican22
- Bulgarian20
- Mexican20
- Romanian20
- West African20
- Hungarian18
- African17
- Montenegrin17
- Moorish17
- Tamil17
- Armenian15
- Burmese15
- Hindustani15
- Unknown15
- Hausan14
- Malagasian14
- Swiss13
- Thongan13
- Kenyan12
- Slovakian12
- Congolese11
- Icelandic11
- Norwegian11
- Finnish10
- Genoese10
- Kurdish10
- Lithuanian10
- Sanskrit10
- Slovenian10
- Swiss-German10
- Bantu9
- Filipino9
- Hindu9
- Kashmiri9
- Lebanese9
- Punjabi9
- Ugandan9
- Yao9
- Yoruba9
- Catalonian8
- Livonian8
- Chuana7
- Sardinian7
- Basque6
- East African6
- Gaelic6
- Georgian6
- Malaysian6
- Sotho6
- Turkistani6
- Urdu6
- Bible5
- Haitian5
- Islam5
- Malayan5
- Saudi Arabian5
- Telugu5
- Zulu5
- Belgian4
- Bosnian4
- Cuban4
- Madagascan4
- Maltese4
- Moroccan4
- Nyasalands4
- Sikh4
- Singhalese4
- Tibetan4
- Xhosa4
- Chilian3
- Confucian3
- India: Tamil3
- Legal3
- Liberian3
- Silesian3
- Sufiism3
- Tumbuka3
- West Indian3
- African American2
- Ashanti2
- Asian2
- Breton2
- Buddhist2
- Cameroonian2
- Corsican2
- Egyptian-Arabic2
- Ethiopian2
- Fijian2
- Ghanaian2
- Indian: Bengali2
- Kalymyk2
- Maori2
- Masai2
- Pashto2
- Poor Richard2
- Slavonian2
- Sudanese2
- Surinam2
- Tagalog2
- Taoist2
- Wolof2
- Zimbabwean2
- Afganistan1
- Afghani1
- Amharic1
- Ancient Sumerian1
- Babylonian1
- Bambaran1
- Belize1
- Belizean Creole1
- Bengakse1
- Bohemian1
- Brazilian1
- Cherokee1
- Christian1
- Creole1
- Creole (Louisiana)1
- Croatian1
- Dyak1
- English (Byron)1
- English (Leighton)1
- Flemish1
- Gikuyu1
- Gold Coast1
- Guinean1
- Hawaiian1
- Hopi1
- Ibo1
- India: Hindustani / Urdu1
- India: Singhalese1
- Jain1
- Jainism1
- Jugo-Slavic1
- Jugo-Slovak1
- Kemetic1
- Khoikhoi1
- Kikuyu (Africa)1
- Kweli1
- Malabar1
- Malagasy1
- Malay1
- Malayalam1
- Manx1
- Mauritius1
- Mongolian1
- Mozambique1
- Nandi1
- Oji1
- Osage1
- Pakistani1
- Peruvian1
- Philippino1
- Poor1
- Pope1
- Ruanda1
- Ruckerl1
- Rwandan1
- Shona1
- Shropshire1
- Sicilian1
- Slavic1
- Sotho (Basutoland)1
- South African1
- Southern1
- Sufi1
- Talmud1
- Tamashek1
- Taoism1
- Thai1
- Trinidad1
- Virgin Islands1
- Zanzibar1
- Zen1