Proverbs: Words of Wisdom
Alice O´niell
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Description for Proverbs: Words of Wisdom
Paperback. .
If many hands make light work, how can too many cooks spoil the broth? If you'll find the best advice on your pillow, are proverbs even useful? How come these nuggets of wisdom are so similar all over the world? In this compact book (knowledge takes up no space!), modern Irish painter Alice O'Neill takes a world-wide tour of more than 1,500 useful proverbs, comparing their similarities and contradictions, and revealing the secret patterns of human nature, common sense and human folly. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. Fascinating FINANCIAL TIMES. ... Read more
If many hands make light work, how can too many cooks spoil the broth? If you'll find the best advice on your pillow, are proverbs even useful? How come these nuggets of wisdom are so similar all over the world? In this compact book (knowledge takes up no space!), modern Irish painter Alice O'Neill takes a world-wide tour of more than 1,500 useful proverbs, comparing their similarities and contradictions, and revealing the secret patterns of human nature, common sense and human folly. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. Fascinating FINANCIAL TIMES. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Powys, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904263784
SKU
V9781904263784
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
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