LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
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Fable
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Proverb
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Detailed explanation-1: -An adage is a general term for any short saying that represents a universal truth.
Detailed explanation-2: -A proverb is a short, common saying or phrase. It particularly gives advice or shares a universal truth.
Detailed explanation-3: -A proverb is a short sentence that people often quote, which gives advice or tells you something about life. For example, ‘A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ‘ An old proverb says, ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’.
Detailed explanation-4: -A saying (also called a proverb, maxim, or adage) is a piece of wisdom from one’s culture. Our earlier example (a bird in the hand) is a piece of advice for people trying to choose between two options.
Detailed explanation-5: -proverb (n.) 1300, in boke of Prouerbyys, the Old Testament work, from Old French proverbe (12c.) and directly from Latin proverbium “a common saying, old adage, maxim, ” literally “words put forward, ” from pro “forth” (from PIE root *per-(1) “forward") + verbum “word” (see verb).