Intended to enhance students' reading and writing skills and to develop their understanding and appreciation of the basic principles of good character. Proverbs often express society's sense about what comprises good character and how people should behave. Includes familiar quotations, proverbs, sayings, and adages found within languages of different cultures around the world.
Contains 20,000 quotations, arranged alphabetically by author, and includes special collections within the regular text, as well as thematic and keyword indexes, and cross-references.