A quick search did not turn up a Proverb (or Witty Saying) Day, it did, however, offer up many sites for proverb, quote, or witty saying of the day. County Reader recently shared these books with me:

As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom From Around the World, by David Crystal is a collection, as the title implies, of wise sayings from across the globe. For some subjects there is a remarkable similarity world wide and it was fun to see the variations on something like 'don't count your chickens before they are hatched' and so on. This is a great book for just flipping pages and stopping at a subject of interest (in my case, dogs) (!)

I would have appreciated hints on how to pronounce the words in The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Worlds From Around the World, by Adam Jacot de Boinod, but just learning about them was enjoyable. There really are dozens of words for snow in Inuit! And many of the .... interesting words under the heading Birth Pains made me shudder. I enjoyed the various words for horses, too. :-)

Lost in Translation: an Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World, by Ella Frances Sanders is an absolutely charming book. There's a beautiful word from Swedish for the path-like reflection of the moon on water, one from Malay for the exact time needed to eat a banana, and one from Wagiman for searching for something underwater with your feet. It'd be hard to pick a favorite, but it just might be a word from the Japanese for when you are gazing into the horizon but aren't really thinking of anything. Spend some time with this book, perhaps with a cup of tea.

I like words, no doubt about it. Find other books about them in the 2014 posts from February 25, October 25, and November 15, and the 2015 posts of January 6 and May 23.

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