“All the countries live in accordance with the Law, and Russia – in accordance with proverbs and sayings” – this quote by Russian Tsar Alexander II is not too popular now. Writer Julia Ivanova is sure ...

You know more of the Bible than you think you do, I often remark to my students. Phrases such as “As a dog returns to its own vomit” or “spare the rod and spoil the child” are well-known in English as ...

This biblical book of sayings and advice is full of wisdom. Jewish tradition teaches that King Solomon authored the Book of Proverbs; in Hebrew, the book is known as Mishlei Shlomo, or “The Proverbs ...

The Irish have a way with words, as we all know. The following is a sample of sayings and proverbs that have lasted for generations – though some of them may be a tad antiquated by today's standards.

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions interrogates the truth of proverbs, adages, aphorisms and bons mots ...

If Winston Churchill was right, and Russia is in fact a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma (which I think many foreigners would agree with), one of the surest signs of this is the plethora ...