Malay proverbs

by R.O. Winstedt

VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION 1950 dust jacket hardcover, free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201613164 John Murray, London, U.K. Hardcover title, 88 pages, compact small-format edition. "Much matter decocted into a few words," was the definition Thomas Fuller gave of a proverb, but Cervantes framed one still better in "short sentences drawn from long experience," the antithesis between the adjectives providing the same salt that every proverb requires. The similarity between the proverbs of different peoples may be due to a common humanity. In Asia, one of the earliest historical agencies for the diffusion of folk-lore was Buddhism, and it may well have been the spread of this international religion that carried to the Malay and to the Japanese a quaint symbol for a tiff between friends -- "the teeth sometimes bite the tongue." "Fear to let fall a drop and you will spill a lot." "One unable to dance blames the unevenness of the floor." "Soaked in water, he will not get wet." "It is the eater of chillies whose mouth feels hot." Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)

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First published December 1, 1950

About the author

Richard Olof Winstedt