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A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic language. A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore. Some proverbs exist in more than one language because people borrow them from languages and cultures with which they are in contact. In the West, the Bible (including, but not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs. Not all Biblical proverbs, however, were distributed to the same extent: one scholar has gathered evidence to show that cultures in which the Bible is the major spiritual book contain "between three hundred and five hundred proverbs that stem from the Bible," whereas another shows that, of the 106 most common and widespread proverbs across Europe, 11 are from the Bible. However, almost every culture has its own unique proverbs. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works about proverb 101
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Panorama de la littérature orale du Loango :étude des proverbes
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Oral literature of the Marakwet of Kenya
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Innan in Teqbaylit = Paroles kabyles
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Bingana, ou, Le souffle des ancêtres : proverbes ou adages du Congo-Brazzaville
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La transmission culturelle : l'exemple du peul
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Eloquência : manual de aprendizagem da eloquência através de provérbios Kikongo = Kinzonzi : malongi ma ntela a mambu muna yingana
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Máakut(i) t̕awá shuultáa = Proverbs finish the problems : sayings of the Alaaba (Ethiopia)
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Language, gender and politics :ba festschrift for Yisa Kehinde Yusuf
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Proverbes et dictons des Punu du Gabon
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Kanga wisdom : a collection of Kanga sayings
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Proverbes et dictons Ngambayes-Tchad
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Proverbes mongo de Basankusu
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Énigmes et joutes oratoires de Kabylie :commentaire linguistique et ethnographique
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Kanga, the cloth that speaks
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The proverbs of an African princess
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Sagesse bambara : proverbes et sentences
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Sepedi proverbs
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1200 Kimeru proverbs (including idiomatic expressions and similes)
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Proverbes et locutions proverbiales en usage à Marrakech (arabe-français)
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Xhosa proverbs and metaphors
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Proverbes libyens, recueillis par Roger Chambard : avec un index arabe-français/français-arabe
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Proverbes mùrùm du Tchad
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Langages non conventionnels à Madagascar : argot des jeunes et proverbes gaillards
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Proverbes et dictons du Maroc
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Mutánga : la corde à proverbes des Lega du Kivu-Maniema (Congo)
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Wisdom of the people :2000 Chinyanja proverbs
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Kongo proverbs and the origins of Bantu wisdom
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The powers of genre :interpreting Haya oral literature
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Lwoo proverbs : Acoli & Lango
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African wisdom : a personal collection of Setswana proverbs
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The wisdom and philosophy of the Gikuyu proverbs : the Kihooto world-view
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Littérature orale touarègue : contes et proverbes
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