A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index

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Collected from cultures across the European continent, these proverbs reveal the wisdom, cynicism, and blind spots embedded in different languages and traditions, making comparison between cultures a kind of accidental philosophy. Each saying operates like a compressed argument about human nature, and seeing how different peoples phrase similar truths—or contradict each other entirely—illuminates what each culture values and fears. It's a humanist text masquerading as a reference book.

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