Proverbs like “All roads lead to Rome, Todos os caminhos vão dar a Tavira or Kaikki tiet vievät Turkuun” are dependent on their cultural settings. They move on several levels of use. Proverbs from different people and different speech areas enable various interpretations. In addition, the same proverb may be used in several contexts and for many purposes. Proverbs have always been liable to bring on problems of translation and of general explanations. They can be classified according to different criteria: historical, linguistic, thematic, educational, logical etc.

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