World Proverbs Deck

World Proverbs Deck collects 120 traditional proverbs from 13 regions and sorts them by life situation. Every proverb comes from a public-domain collection and is cited on its card, with a short note on what it means.

WHAT'S INSIDE
• 120 proverbs: France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark (H. G. Bohn, A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs, 1857, shown with the original-language text), England (H. G. Bohn, A Hand-Book of Proverbs, 1855), Scotland (Alexander Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland, 1868), China (William Scarborough, A Collection of Chinese Proverbs, 1875), Egypt (J. L. Burckhardt, Arabic Proverbs, 1830), the Creole-speaking Caribbean and Indian Ocean (Lafcadio Hearn, Gombo Zhèbes, 1885, with the Creole text) and traditional Korean proverbs
• Six life situations: Patience, Learning, Home, Friendship, Money and Words, with 20 proverbs each
• A plain-language meaning note written for every proverb
• Korean translations are our own

SITUATION PICKER
Tap a situation and the app picks a proverb for it, with its meaning; the list below shows only that situation. "Another proverb" moves on to the next one.

FREE
• 36 proverbs (the first 30% of the collection): six for every situation, from all 13 regions
• Situation picks, search, and region filters for Korea, England and China
• Copy up to 5 cards a day
• Works offline, no account

PRO
• All 120 proverbs
• Filters for all 13 regions
• Unlimited copying
• Favorites
• Quote, Framed and Poster card styles
• No ads

World Proverbs Deck is free with ads.

Pro: no ads, unlimited use, all features unlocked. One-time purchase.

Recent changes:
Initial release.