The Little Giant® Encyclopedia of Proverbs

by Macfarlane, David

• ISBN13: 9780806974897
• ISBN10: 0806974893
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-30
• Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle

Summary

For your amusement, for your edification and inspiration, for livening up that speech you have to give: proverbs have an irresistible power. These little pockets of wisdom say volumes about a culture--so take a tour around the world in words. You'll encounter the lively and colorful sayings from all around the world: Africa and its diaspora (Haiti, Jamaica, and African-American); Central and South America; Mexico; Native American; China, Japan; Italy; Ireland; Scotland; Israel; and the Arab nations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(6)
About the Proverbs	17	(27)
African	17	(2)
African American	19	(1)
American	20	(3)
Arabic	23	(1)
Central & South American	23	(2)
Chinese	25	(4)
English	29	(2)
Hebrew	31	(2)
Irish	33	(1)
Italian	34	(1)
Japanese	35	(1)
Mexican	36	(2)
Native American	38	(2)
Russian	40	(1)
Scottish	41	(3)
Encyclopedia of Proverbs	44	(442)
Ability	44	(4)
Acceptance	48	(1)
Accommodation	48	(1)
Action	49	(6)
Adaptation	55	(1)
Admiration	55	(1)
Adversity	56	(3)
Advice	59	(2)
Afterlife	61	(1)
Age	62	(6)
Ambition	68	(2)
Anger	70	(4)
Animals	74	(5)
Anxiety	79	(1)
Appearance	80	(8)
Arrogance	88	(1)
Authenticity	89	(1)
Authority/Leadership	89	(2)
Barter	91	(2)
Beauty	93	(2)
Bravery	95	(2)
Business	97	(4)
Caution	101	(8)
Change	109	(1)
Character	110	(6)
Charity	116	(2)
Children	118	(4)
Choices	122	(3)
Common Sense	125	(1)
Commonality	126	(1)
Community	127	(4)
Comparison	131	(1)
Completion	131	(1)
Compromise	132	(1)
Conduct	133	(1)
Confidence	134	(1)
Conflict	135	(6)
Consequences	141	(2)
Cooperation	143	(3)
Courage	146	(2)
Courage/Cowardice	148	(1)
Courtesy	149	(2)
Criticism	151	(3)
Death	154	(4)
Death & Life	158	(1)
Debt	159	(3)
Deception	162	(2)
Defeat & Victory	164	(1)
Deity	165	(2)
Destiny	167	(1)
Dilemma	167	(1)
Diligence	168	(1)
Discipline	169	(2)
Discretion	171	(3)
Diversity	174	(1)
Drink	175	(3)
Education	178	(2)
Effort	180	(1)
Elders	181	(1)
Emotion	182	(2)
Endurance	184	(1)
Environment	185	(1)
Envy	186	(3)
Equality/Superiority	189	(1)
Essence	190	(1)
Evil	190	(2)
Experience	192	(5)
Expression	197	(1)
Fairness	198	(1)
Faith	199	(1)
Familiarity	200	(2)
Family	202	(6)
Family/Home	208	(2)
Farming	210	(2)
Fate	212	(5)
Faults	217	(1)
Favor	218	(1)
Fear	219	(2)
Food & Drink	221	(6)
Food/Hunger	227	(2)
Fools & Folly	229	(7)
Foreigners	236	(1)
The Forest	237	(1)
Fortune	238	(6)
Friends	244	(2)
Friends & Enemies	246	(8)
Friendship	254	(3)
Futility	257	(2)
Generosity	259	(1)
Giving & Receiving	260	(2)
God/Religion	262	(4)
Good & Evil	266	(4)
Gossip	270	(1)
Gossip/Lies	271	(1)
Gossip/Rumour	272	(2)
Gratitude	274	(1)
Greed	275	(3)
Greed/Envy	278	(1)
Guile	279	(1)
Happiness	279	(8)
Health	287	(3)
Hearth & Home	290	(3)
Help	293	(1)
Home & Family	294	(2)
Honesty	296	(7)
Honor	303	(4)
Hospitality	307	(2)
Humanity	309	(4)
Humor	313	(2)
Hunting & Fishing	315	(3)
Ignorance	318	(1)
Ignorance & Knowledge	319	(2)
Indecision	321	(1)
Ingratitude	322	(1)
Inspiration	323	(1)
Judgement	324	(2)
Justice	326	(4)
Kindness	330	(3)
Knowledge	333	(4)
Law	337	(3)
Leadership	340	(3)
Learning	343	(1)
Life	344	(3)
Life Lessons (Wisdom)	347	(1)
Livelihood	348	(1)
Love	349	(9)
Loyalty	358	(1)
Luck	358	(3)
Marriage	361	(8)
Matchmaker	369	(1)
Maturity	370	(1)
Memories	371	(2)
Men	373	(1)
The Mill	374	(1)
Moderation	375	(2)
Morality	377	(1)
Motivation	378	(1)
Nature	379	(4)
Neighbors	383	(1)
Obstinacy	384	(1)
Opportunity	384	(2)
Optimism	386	(3)
Passions	389	(2)
Pathways & Footpaths	391	(3)
Patience	394	(3)
Peace/Good Wishes	397	(1)
Perseverance	398	(5)
Perspective	403	(4)
Philosophy	407	(1)
Pragmatism	408	(2)
Pride	410	(3)
Proverbial Wisdom	413	(1)
Proverbs	414	(1)
Prudence	415	(3)
Realism	418	(2)
Regret	420	(1)
Religion	421	(2)
Renting	423	(1)
Reputation	424	(3)
Respect	427	(1)
Responsibility	428	(3)
Righteousness	431	(1)
Risk	432	(1)
Scotland	432	(1)
Selfishness	433	(1)
Sensitivity	434	(1)
Shame	435	(1)
Sin	436	(4)
Sincerity	440	(1)
Sorrow	441	(1)
Sport	442	(1)
Status	443	(1)
Strategy	444	(1)
Success	445	(5)
Suitability	450	(1)
Superiority	450	(1)
Superstition	451	(1)
Suspicion	452	(1)
Taste	453	(1)
Temptation	454	(1)
Thrift	455	(1)
Tolerance	456	(1)
Tradition	457	(1)
Trust	458	(3)
Truth	461	(3)
Value	464	(2)
Vanity	466	(1)
Vision	467	(2)
Vulnerability	469	(1)
Want	469	(1)
Wealth/Poverty	470	(3)
Weather	473	(2)
Wisdom	475	(5)
Wit	480	(1)
Women	481	(2)
Work	483	(3)
Bibliography	486	(6)
Index	492