proverb

The Congolese proverb little by little, grow the bananas emphasises the virtues of patience and steady progress.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

I thought of the African proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

But if you invest for the long term, recognize that the economic sectors poised to grow more than average are those that help people become, as the old proverb has it, healthy, wealthy and wise.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026

It may be recalling the old proverb: Fool me once, shame on you.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Then the elders asked each child to recite a proverb.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Quite a few of the latter — mostly delivered in the form of Chinese proverbs — are dropped by the author’s parents, Chinese immigrants who met in New York as graduate students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

"I want to tell stories about our places and histories, our proverbs, folklore and poetry," he says.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

His lyrics are different from Chinese rappers who try to compete in the complexity of their rhymes, often using chengyu, four-character literary proverbs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Asked about what appeared to be a ban on coverage of him on state media, Prigozhin used a series of Russian proverbs to poke fun at those responsible: "What is forbidden is always sweeter."

From Reuters ● May 28, 2023

The historian David Arkush once compared Russian and Chinese peasant proverbs, and the differences are striking.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell