proverb

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

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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

Investors would do well to heed the old Confucian proverb: “Be prudent and exercise caution.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Isaiah Berlin, drawing on an ancient Greek proverb, famously observed that Leo Tolstoy was a foxlike writer who knew many things but longed to be someone who, like the hedgehog, knew one big thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The proverb “Misfortunes never come singly” definitely applies to today.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

She recounted one of her late husband’s favorite Irish proverbs: Under the shelter of one another, people live.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 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

“Do you see, my dear? The proverbs are at play. ‘I wept because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.’”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys