World Collections
Directories
Research Resources
The Matti Kuusi International Database of Proverbs
NSM KB articles on Proverbs
Proverbs: Rough and Working Bibliography
Proverbs and Reality by Gyula Paczolay
The Tropical Landscapes of Proverbia
Wikipedia: Proverb
Africa
Africa General
African Proverbs African Proverbs (Kofi Asare Opoku)Ghana
Akan proverbs Ghana (World of Quotes) Ghanaian (Proverbatim) Proverbs from GhanaKenya
Kanga Writings Kenyan (Proverbatim) Swahili proverbs Swahili (Wikiquote)Madagascar
Malagasy proverbs (Proverbatim)Nigeria
Motherland Nigeria proverbs Nigeria (World of Quotes) Nigeria (Proverbatim)Research Resources
African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories (eBooks)
Annotated Bibliography of
African Proverbs, Sayings and Stories
Form and Imagery in Shona Proverbs
Asia
China
Chinese Proverbs (Haiwang Yuan) Chinese (Proverbatim) Chinese (Wikiquote) Chinese (World of Quotes) Sayings of Confucius (online e-text) Bengali (Wikiquote) Indian (Proverbatim) Indian (Wikiquote)Indonesia
Indonesia (Proverbatim) Indonesia (Wikiquote)Japan
Japan (Proverbatim) Japan (Wikiquote) Japanese (World of Quotes)Philippines
Filipino (Proverbatim) Philippines (Wikiquote)Thailand
Proverbs Prove the Point Thai (Wikiquote)Vietnam
Adopt Vietnam Vietnamese (Proverbatim)Research Resources
Using Proverbs to Explore Intergenerational Relations Across Cultures
Central Asia/
Middle East
Arabic
Arabic (Wikiquote) Arabic (World of Quotes)Afghanistan
Afghana proverbs Afghan (Proverbatim)Kashmiri
Index of Kashmiri proverbs Kashmiri proverbs Kashmiri proverbs and sayingsMorocco
Moroccan (Proverbatim)Palestine
Palestinian (Proverbatim) PalestineTurkey
Turkey (Wikiquote) Turkish Proverbs and Folk SayingsResearch Resources
Americas
Jamaica
Jamaica Jamaica (Proverbatim)Mexico
Mexico (Proverbatim)Native American
Native American (Proverbatim)United States
American (Wikiquote) Proverbs from Poor Richard's Almanac The "Ten Commandments" of American CultureResearch Resources
Europe (E & W)
Danish
Danish (Proverbatim) Danish (World of Quotes)England
The Phrase Finder (English) English (Proverbatim) English (World of Quotes)France
French (World of Quotes)Germany
German (Proverbatim) German (World of Quotes)Greece
Greek (Proverbatim) Greek (World of Quotes)Ireland
Irish (Proverbatim) Irish (World of Quotes) Irish proverbsPortugual
Portuguese (Proverbatim) Portuguese (World of Quotes)Russia
Russian (Proverbatim) Russian (World of Quotes) Russian Proverbs and SayingsSpain
Spanish (World of Quotes)