Coping and learning

EXPERIENCE/PRACTICE : LEARNING

learning from mistakes and accidents

The literature references of the proverb type:

Abbreviation: Abr

Abraham, R.C.: The Idoma Language - Idoma Wordlists -Idoma Chrestomathy 1967 London: University of London Press.. IDOMA/ENG*

Proverb number(s): 50.

Abbreviation: AP III

Freytag,Q.W. (ed.): Arabum proverbia III 1838-1843 Bonnae et Rhenum.. ARAB/LAT*

Proverb number(s): 1357.

Abbreviation: APp

Karapetjan, G.O. (ed.): Armjanskie poslovitsy i pogovorki. 1973 Moskva: Nauka. ARMENIAN/RUS*,RUS

Proverb number(s): 359.

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: 107. Proverb number(s) on page: 43.

Learn at other people's expence (translation Maltese) / Savio è colui che impara a spese altrui / Sage et prudent celui, qui apprend aux dépens d'autrui

Abbreviation: Cel

Celakovský, F.L.: Murdosloví národu slovanského v príslovích. 1852 Praze: Nakladatelstvi Aloisa Hynka knihkupectví.. SLOVAK/RUS*...

Proverb on page: 156.

Abbreviation: DOm

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

Proverb number(s): 4325.

Abbreviation: DS IV

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

Proverb on page: 49. Proverb number(s) on page: 162.

Wer durhc fremden Schaden klug wird, der ist recht klug.

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): 94.

In anderer Leute Küche ist gut kochen lernen

Abbreviation: Dür II

Düringsfeld, Ida von — Reinsberg-Düringsfeld., Otto von: Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen II 1875 Leipzig: Hermann Fries.. GER and BOHEM,DAN,DUT,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT,POL,SWE etc./GER*

Proverb number(s): 286, 288.

Abbreviation: Gaa

Gaal, G.v.: Sprüchwörterbuch in sechs Sprachen 1830 Wien: Volke.. GER,ENG,FR,HUNG,ITA,LAT

Proverb number(s): 63.

Abbreviation: Hai

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

Proverb on page: 358.

They asked Loghman:"Of whom did you learn manners?" He said:"Of the ill-mannered,inasmuch as I avoided any act on their part which seemed to me indecent(Persian

Abbreviation: Hol

Holm, Pelle: Ordspråk och talesätt. 1965 Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag.. SWE

Proverb on page: 288. Proverb on page: 53.

Abbreviation: Kuu2

Kuusi, Matti: Ovambo Proverbs with African Parallels. FF communications no. 208. 1970 Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.. OVAMBO/ENG*,varia AFR>GER*FR*

Proverb number(s): 2111.

He was too close to the fire and burned; a fool who has been pinched knows how to look out (Ovambo/Afr.)

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): 1757.

Someone else's calamity doesn't add to your own wisdom (Russian)

Abbreviation: MKks

Margalits, Ede: Magyar közmondások és közmondásszerü szólások. 1897 Budapest: Kiadja kókai Lajos.. HUNG

Proverb on page: 531.

Abbreviation: PS II

Hakamies et al.: Proverbia Septentrionalia II (a database and manuscript in the Finnish Literature Society) 2001 (Helsinki / Tartu). FIN/ENG*,KAREL/ENG*,EST/ENG*,VOT,VEPS,LIV,LETT,LITH,RUS,GER,SWE

Proverb number(s): 1872.

Abbreviation: RP

Champion, Selwyn Gurney: Racial Proverbs. 2nd ed. 1950 London. glob>ENG*

Proverb on page: 101. Proverb number(s) on page: 200. Proverb on page: 511. Proverb number(s) on page: 32. Proverb on page: 352. Proverb number(s) on page: 132. Additional number(s) and notes: 126:469, 160:241, 163:394, 74:475.

The man who goes ahead stumbles that the man who follows may have his wits about him (Bondei/Afr.)

Abbreviation: Seim I

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme I. Norsk Folkeminnelag 84. 1960 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 231.

Abbreviation: Seim II

Seim, E.: Ordtøkje og herme II. Norsk Folkeminnelag 89. 1962 Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. NORW

Proverb on page: 138.

Abbreviation: Sin II

Singer, S.: Sprichwörter des Mittelalters II 1944-1947 Bern: Herbert Lang & Cie.. GER,(LAT,FR etc.)

Proverb on page: 88.

Abbreviation: Ste

Stevenson, Burton: The home book of proverbs, maxims and familiar phrases. 1948 New York: Macmillan.. ENG,varia GLOG>ENG*

Proverb on page: 723. Proverb number(s) on page: 7.

Abbreviation: Str

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

Proverb on page: 172. Proverb on page: 210.

Det är bättre att lära av andras skador än av egna.

Abbreviation: Stra

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

Proverb number(s): 721.

By others' faults wise men correct their own / Anderer Fehler sind gute Lehren / Ex vitio alterius sapiens emendat suum (Latin)

Abbreviation: VKs

Kuusi, Matti (ed.): Vanhan kansan sananlaskuviisaus. 1990 [1953] Helsinki: WSOY.. FIN

Proverb on page: 415.

Abbreviation: Zlo

Zlotnitskij, V.S.: Refranes y proverbios rusos y españoles. (1962) s.d.Moskva: Izdatel'stvo literatury na inostrannyh jazykah.. RUS,SPA

Additional number(s) and notes: 792 opposite.