The Matti Kuusi international type system and database of proverbs

Abbreviation: Aqu

Aquilina, J.: A Comparative Dictionary of Maltese Proverbs 1972 Malta: The Royal University of Malta.. MALTESE/ENG*,ARAB,ENG,GER,ITA,FR,SPA,PERS,AFR>ENG*,>FR*

Proverb on page: 384. Proverb number(s) on page: 1. Proverb on page: 391. Proverb number(s) on page: 34. Proverb on page: 397. Proverb number(s) on page: 71. Additional number(s) and notes: 435:80.

Plus fait doucer que violence / Better with gentleness than with violence (translation Maltese)

Abbreviation: DesR

DesRuisseaux,P.: Le Livre des Proverbes Quebecois 1974 Montreal: L'Aurore.. FR

Proverb on page: 128.

Abbreviation: DOm

Tang Kristensen, Evald (ed.): Danske ordsprog, og mundheld, skjæmtsprog, stedlige talemåder, ordspil og samtaleord. 1890 Kjöbenhavn: Gyldendalske boghandel.. DAN

Proverb number(s): 1727.

Abbreviation: DS I

Wander,K.F.W. (ed.): Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon I 1867 -1880 Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.. GER, varia EUROPEAN LANGUAGES

Proverb on page: 899. Proverb number(s) on page: 16.

Abbreviation: Dür I

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen I 1872 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 746.

You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a gallon of vinegar

Abbreviation: Dür2

Düringsfeld, Ida von: Das Sprichwort als Praktikus im Sprichwort als Kosmopolit 1863 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. glob>GER*

Proverb on page: 91.

Abbreviation: Ene

Enevoldsen,J.: Sound the bells, O moon, arise and Shine 1969 Peshawar: University Book Agency.. PASHTO/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 78.

If you can kill man with sugar, why use poison? (translation Pashto)

Abbreviation: EpS

Vaasan Jaakkoo (J.O.Ikola) (ed.): Eteläpohjalaisia sananparsia. 1920 Vaasa: [J.O.Ikola]. FIN

Proverb on page: 136.

Abbreviation: Hai

Haim, S.: Persian-English Proverbs 1956 Teheran: Beroukhim Booksellers.. PERS/ENG*,ENG

Proverb on page: 489.

Abbreviation: Ilg

Ilg, G.: Proverbes français suivis des équivalents. 1960 Amsterdam / London / New York / Princeton: Elsevier.. FR,DUT,ENG,GER,IT,LAT,SPA

Proverb number(s): 244.

Abbreviation: Mie

Mieder, Wolfgang: The Prentice-Hall encyclopedia of World Proverbs. A treasury of wit and wisdom through the ages. 1986 New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall.. glob>ENG*,ENG

Proverb number(s): 5471, 5472, 5482, 5484, 5498.

Abbreviation: Per

Permâkov, Grigorij Lvovic: Izbrannye poslovitsy i pogovorki narodov Vostoka. 1968 Moskva: Nauka.. varia EAST-EUR>RUS*

Proverb on page: 282.

Abbreviation: Sen

Senaltan, S.: Studien zur sprachlichen Gestalt der deutschen und turkischen Sprichwörter 1968 Marburg: Mauersberger.. GER,TURK/GER*

Proverb number(s): 93.

Ein Tropfen Honig fängt mehr Fliegen als ein Essigfass (translation Turkish)

Abbreviation: Str

Ström, F.: Svenska ordstäv. 1939 Stockholm: Bonniers.. SWE

Proverb on page: 293.

Abbreviation: Stra

Strauss, Emanuel: Dictionary of European Proverbs 1994 New York: Routledge /Questia.com. ENG,GER,FR,SPA,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 112.

A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall / All doors open to courtesy / tout par amour, rien par force

Abbreviation: TAd

Tülbentçi, Feridun Fazil (ed.): Türk Atasözleri ve Deyimleri 1963 Istambul: Inkiláp ve aka.. TURK

Proverb number(s): 12452.

Abbreviation: Tal

Tallqvist, K. L.: Arabische Sprichwörter und Spiele. 1897 Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz.. ARAB/GER*

Additional number(s) and notes: (57).