Proverbs. They’re old-fashioned, folksy, pithy — and everywhere. From old chestnuts like “no pain, no gain” to sports wisdom like “the best offence is a good defence”, there seems to be a proverb for ...

We're awash in knowledge in 2023, but do you think our general level of understanding is greater? Do you think we're wiser? I'm not so sure, so when I was challenged to re-read through one of the ...

Paul Sutliff and Michael Williams present an engaging devotional designed to guide pre-teen boys toward faith, wisdom, ...

Love is such a beautiful thing, and everyone has their own way of expressing it. Some people love songs or poetry, and some just use love quotes or even love proverbs to try and put that most ...

Rachel Held Evans grew up in Dayton, Tenn., the heart of the Bible Belt and site in 1925 of the Scopes Trial, the famous prosecution of John Scopes for teaching evolution in a public school. William ...

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 ...

Geoff Nunberg is the linguist contributor on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He is the author of the book The Way We Talk Now. Proverbs are like other traditions — they owe their longevity to how ...