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From Series of Proverbs, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 19th century

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2022-12-28

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2021-12-14

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Twelve Proverbs,1558. Pissing Against the Moon
Whatever I do, I do not repent, I keep pissing against the moon

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2021-01-22

From Series of Proverbs, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861)

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2020-12-08

This weekend, let us talk about proverbs.
The genius of a people can be told from the proverbs, idioms and maxims they use in common parlance.

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2019-12-13

“The apple never falls far from the tree”- you always end up resembling your parents in some ways. Referred to in a 16th century German book of but probably ancient Ottoman.

Image: The Crab-Apple Fairy, Cicely Mary Barker, c.1935

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2018-08-23