“Confucius says” usually begins a fortune-cookie message or a proverb. That shouldn’t surprise us, because proverbs are found in many lands and cultures. The Old Testament even has a whole book of ...

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 ...

Every culture has a collection of wise sayings that offer advice about how to live our life. These sayings, known as 'proverbs,' may have meant more than the simple words that meet our eyes. Some ...

AL-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Every culture has a collection of wise sayings that offer advice about how to live our life. These sayings, known as 'proverbs,' may have meant more than the simple words that meet our eyes. Some ...