Most of us know and use proverbs. Some of us drop them into conversation every day, and others only once in a while. They might be short, but they can say a lot. Maybe it’s something your grandparents ...

This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher for 36 years, he has been on a mission to ...

There is a Nigerian saying, which Author Chinua Achebe is famous for making widely known, that perfectly sums up the importance of proverbs. It says, Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are ...

What really are proverbs, where do they come from, how are they disseminated and what function do they have in modern society? Those are questions that are often asked when people reflect on the ...

Today’s quote of the day is by Benjamin Franklin. He was a polymath inventor, writer, and statesman. He is one of the four founding fathers of the United States, also known as "the First American." ...