| A proverb is a remnant of the ancient philosophy preserved amidst very many destructions on account of its brevity and fitness for use. |
| —From a work of Aristotle now lost. |
| Publius Syrus. |
Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages
Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically
Compiled by Robert Christy
The 20,500 selections in this classic reference work comprise an encyclopedic scope of English proverbs as well as translations from every major language.
Contents
NEW YORK, LONDON: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, 1887
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2010
- List of Subjects
- Directory of 1,964 Proverb Classifications
- Most Popular Maxim Categories
- Advice, Age, Anger, Beauty, Better, Business, Child, Company, Conduct, Conscience, Courage, Death, Devil, Do, Eat, Enemy, Envy, Evil, Faults, Fear, Fire, Flattery, Fool, Fortune, Freedom, Friend, Friendship, Gift, Giving, God, Gold, Good, Happiness, Health, Heart, Honesty, Honor, Hope, Hunger, Idleness, Impossible, Jest, King, Knowledge, Labor, Law, Learning, Life, Living, Love, Lying, Man, Matrimony, Misfortunes, Money, Patience, Poor, Poverty, Praise, Pride, Purse, Rich, Silence, Sleep, Sorrow, Speech, State, Thief, Thing, Time, Tongue, Travelling, Trust, Truth, Vice, Virtue, War, Wife, Wine, Wisdom, Wise, Wit, Woman, Word, Work, Youth