Longtime readers of this column might recognize the universal cultural proverb “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” It is thought to exist in all cultures and all written languages, ...
We may travel far and wide, but wisdom and wit will always ring true. These sayings from countries all over this beautiful world reveal important lessons and universal truths for us all. What is a ...
"If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together." That was one piece of advice passed along at the just-concluded Democratic National Convention. The words were spoken by New ...
If March’s weather is anything like what roared through Texas and the rest of the central and southern US in February… we’re in deep trouble. Often, March’s weather can be this ferocious. Have you ...
There is a lovely Irish proverb that expresses the benefits of catharsis when it comes to sorrow and grief - 'An rud a ghoilleas ar an gcroí caithfidh an t-súil é a shileas' - 'What pains the heart ...
Mineke Schipper is the author of "Never Marry a Woman With Big Feet: Women in Proverbs From Around the World," forthcoming from Yale University Press. Earlier this year, the Spanish Roman Catholic ...
Neat quote. But it was the first daughter's attribution to "Chinese Proverb" that sent social media sites into overdrive in China, where people scrambled to find who, among their ancestors, actually ...
"If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together." That was one piece of advice passed along at the just-concluded Democratic National Convention. The words were spoken by New ...