The appeal of Chinese proverbs is profound and universal. With brevity, clarity, and simplicity, these carefully chosen words help pass wisdom and insight throughout the ages.
Peculiar Proverbs: Weird Words of Wisdom from Around the World
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Peculiar Proverbs: Weird Words of Wisdom from Around the World
The proverbs in this book are all genuine sayings collected from many cultures around the world. They are extracts from a number of proverb collections (many dating from the nineteenth century) compiled by various folklorists, linguists, social anthropologists and travellers.
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In this timeless collection, cross stitchers will find a spectrum of projects that incorporate cheerful and meaningful meditations, proverbs, promises, blessings, and more. Celebrated cross stitcher Joan Elliot provides large and small designs celebrating a range of occasions and holidays, and easily incorporated into pictures, cards, frames, pillows, and gorgeous gifts to share with loved ones. With projects featuring wisdom borrowed from Chinese proverbs and Indian Sanskrit, in this guide, crafters will find both food for thought and thoughtful designs.
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"Our title, the “anthropology of the alien,” sounds like a contradiction in terms. Anthropos is man, anthropology the study of man. The alien, however, is something else: alius, other than. But other than what? Obviously man. The alien is the creation of a need—man’s need to designate something that is genuinely outside himself, something that is truly nonman, that has no initial relation to man except for the fact that it has no relation. Why man needs the alien is the subject of these essays. For it is through learning to relate to the alien that man has learned to study himself."
Proverbs supposedly contain the wisdom of the common folk - eternal truths to be passed down through the ages. Like many other traditions and cultural practices, proverbs often promote misleading stereotypes of women. This reference book collects more than 800 American proverbs about women and analyzes their significance. The proverbs were gathered through an extensive review of journal articles, proverb dictionaries, and other literature. In addition to true proverbs, the volume includes some phrases, sayings, and proverbial comparisons.