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June 20, 2012
in Humanities, Literature, Social Science

The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs Quiz

June 20, 2012
in Humanities, Literature, Social Science

Proverbs may by nature be short, but they pack an a lot of wisdom in a short space. Test your knowledge of proverbs with our Dictionary of Modern Proverbs quiz. Can you figure out what piece of wisdom is missing? Or when they were first used? You might be surprised

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May 31, 2012
in Humanities, Literature, Social Science

Submit to The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

May 31, 2012
in Humanities, Literature, Social Science

When three heads are put together, the results can be shockingly revelatory. Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro have now compiled The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs, the first proverb dictionary to be based on electronic research from full-text databases. With more than 1,400 entries, this exhaustive collection

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