‘The monkey is a gazelle in its mother’s eyes’ At first glance, the proverb sounds almost humorous. How can a monkey possibly resemble a graceful gazelle?Yet for centuries, Arabic sp...
‘Let the experiment be made on a low-value body’ At first glance, the phrase sounds like something carved into the stone walls of an ancient laboratory—cold, detached, and unsettlingly cli...
This Thai proverb reminds us that good work should be done without seeking attention. The ultimate act of goodness is doing something noble when no one is watching. Such kind works done in shadows do ...
Vietnamese proverb of the day: “The cat praises its tail to be long” Self-love is good but not to that extreme when it clouds one’s ability to see their own fault. And that’s w...
(AI image used for representational purposes only) “Look before you leap.”What does the proverb meanA leap is different from an ordinary step. Once a person has left the ground, there is little room t...
‘Even a blind hen finds a grain sometimes’ Imagine watching a hen pecking endlessly across a farmyard. Now imagine that the hen cannot see. Logic says it should never find food. Yet, soone...
“Kill the brave man, but do not deny him his due” Imagine standing across from your fiercest rival. You disagree with them. You compete against them. Perhaps you even defeat them. But befo...
This Chinese proverb gives a reality check to impossible dreams, delusions. A toad can only dream about eating the swan. It can never happen in reality as it’s a wild desire, an unrealistic drea...
The Norwegian proverb teaches us to differentiate between real and false urgency. Not everything has to be done now and choosing what those things are solves half of the problem. Rushing at everything...
The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly Africa has a rich collection of old sayings belonging to different countries and their stories present a slice of their culture. Among many well-k...