Proverbs: A handbook

Author:Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Pages: 322
Download: 14.68 MB
Description:စကားပံုမ်ားကိုသမိုင္းေၾကာင္းႏွင့္တကြရွင္းျပထားေသာစာအုပ္ျဖစ္ပါသည္။ The wisdom of proverbs has guided people in their social interactions for thousands of years throughout the world. Proverbs contain everyday experiences and common observations in succinct and formulaic language, making them easy to remember and ready to be used instantly as effective rhetoric in oral or written communication. This has been the case during preliterate times, and there are no signs that proverbs have outlived their usefulness in modern technological societies either. Occasional claims persist that proverbs are on their way to extinction in highly developed cultures, but nothing could be further from the truth. While some proverbs have dropped out of use because their message or metaphor does not fit the times any longer, new proverbs that reflect the mores and situation of the present are constantly added to the proverbial repertoire. Thus the once well-known sixteenth- century proverb “Let the cobbler stick to his last” is basically dead today since the profession of the cobbler is disappearing.

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