Exotic Proverbs on Survival. (Crystal Words of Wisdom Passed Through Generations)

Author's favorites:

Be afraid and you will be safe. (Irish)

There is no blade that can offer resistance to kindness. (Japanese)

The gentle calf sucks all the cows. (Portuguese)

When two say you are drunk, it is best to go to sleep. (Yiddish)

If familiarity were useful, water would not cook fish. (African-Fulani)

In time of test, family is the best. (Burmese)

More flies are caught with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar. (Danish)

More die by food than famine. (English)

When husband and wife agree with each other, they can dry up the ocean with buckets. (Vietnamese)

With patience and time, the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. (German)

Living well is the best revenge. (English)

When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole. (African-Wolof)

Get a name to rise early and you may lie all day. (Scottish)

Ships fear fire more than water. (English)

It is difficult to throw a stone at a lizard which is clinging to a pot. (African-Ashanti)

Several of the proverbs told by our elders, parents and friends will look as fresh as it was heard few moments back. Some of these concrete words are provocative enough that once heard, they stay in our memories forever. The intuitive nature of proverbs derived from the experience and simplicities of daily activities immediately make us connected to them by bringing a fresh breeze of thought or a flash of understanding on human nature and our surroundings. Hence, many of them are the microscopic pointers to our macroscopic world. By close knitted with nature, these beacon of words beautifully illustrates an in-depth insight of human nature, its fragility, fluidness and much more.
The proverbs that are in use today in different corners of the world are managed to find passage through generations and polished in the grinding stone of time and culture. The focus of this book is to describe, measure, analyze and interpret human behavior by simple but penetrating words of proverbs. Whether you are a member of ancient hunter-gatherer sitting around the camp fire or a corporate executive working to meet the monthly targets, these proverbs on our survival will find parallels on our struggle for day-today existence.