English Sources

You will find traditional English proverbs and sayings here from all across the English-speaking world, and you will also find proverbs and sayings from other cultures as translated into English. The sources are arranged by year of publication, from newest to oldest. There is an asterisk for the books that report on English-language proverbs, while books without an asterisk are translations into English from other languages.

2005. Al-Amily, Hussain Mohammed. The Book of Arabic Wisdom: Proverbs and Anecdotes

2002. Habibian, Simin. 1001 Persian-English Proverbs.

1999. Bryan, Ashley. The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs.

*1977. Whiting, Bartlett Jere. Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases.

*1721. Bailey, Nathan. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary.