Download or read book The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs written by Harold V. Cordry and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented by nationality or resource within 1,300 headings such as accidents, divided loyalty, marriage, and shame; and indexed by key word, subject, and source. All abut a few are from European cultures, and include famous writers such as Shakespeare and Ovid, and works such as the Bible. The obscure ones remain unexplained.