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Adagia (singular adagium) is the title of an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. Erasmus' repository [1]: 102 of proverbs is "one of the most monumental ... ever assembled" (Speroni, 1964, p. 1). The first edition, titled Collectanea Adagiorum, was ...
Erasmus found early publishing success with his collections of sayings the Adagia (Adages) and the Apophthegmata. [note 1] With the collaboration of Publio Fausto Andrelini, he made a collection of Latin proverbs and adages, commonly known as the Adagia. It includes the adage "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
Every dog has his day [a] Every Jack has his Jill [a] Every little bit helps [a] Every man for himself (and the Devil take the hindmost) [a] Every man has his price [a] Every picture tells a story [a] Every stick has two ends [a] Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die [a] Everyone has their price.
Anti-proverb. A fishing pun on the proverb "Good things come to those who wait." Graphic spoof on the proverbial concept of "big fish eat little fish", from Spanish context. (The text translates as "Don't panic, organize!") An anti-proverb or a perverb is the transformation of a standard proverb for humorous effect. [1]
Paremiography. Paremiography (from Greek παροιμία - paroimía, "proverb, maxim, saw" [ 1] and γράφω - grafō, "write, inscribe" [ 2]) is the study of the collection and writing of proverbs. A recent introduction to the field has been written by Tamás Kispál. [ 3] It is a sub-field of paremiology, the study of proverbs.
"Rome wasn't built in a day" is an adage attesting to the need for time to create great things. It is the usual English translation of a medieval French phrase, Rome ne fu[t] pas faite toute en un jour, from the collection Li Proverbe au Vilain, published around 1190. [1] The modern French form is « Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour ». Here ...
Wikiquote has quotations related to Chinese proverbs. Many Chinese proverbs exist, some of which have entered English in forms that are of varying degrees of faithfulness. A notable example is " A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ", from the Dao De Jing, ascribed to Laozi. [ 1 ] They cover all aspects of life, and are ...
t. e. A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic language. [ 1 ][ 2 ] A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is a type of a conventional saying similar to proverbs and ...