Most of us have heard the proverb "blood is thicker than water" countless times. It's typically used to emphasize that family ...

Donald Trump set heads to scratching on the eve of St. Patrick's Day by sharing a proverb with his gathered "Irish friends" that was neither Irish nor a proverb, as far as anyone could tell.

BURLINGTON, Vt. – From “Strike while the iron is hot” to “Been there, done that,” proverbs have been developed around the world for centuries, spread by word of mouth, writings, and nowadays social ...

For many of us, time slips through our fingers like sand. It’s an elusive commodity we can’t buy back but desperately seek to manage. Even before the buzz of digital calendars and the ping of ...

President Trump on Thursday met Ireland leader Enda Kenny, proclaimed he loved Ireland and shared an Irish proverb that he said he likes and has heard many times over the years. "Always remember to ...

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 ...

What really are proverbs, where do they come from, how are they disseminated and what function do they have in modern society? Those are questions that are often asked when people reflect on the ...

This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher for 36 years, he has been on a mission to ...

I love reading bits of health and happiness wisdom from around the world. Here are some great old proverbs to keep in mind as you go about your week... "Fish should swim three times: in the sea, in ...