PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS.

PROVERBS OF ALL NATIONS,

COMPARED,

EXPLAINED, AND ILLUSTRATED.

BY

WALTER K. KELLY.

"Even the best proverb, though often the expression of the widest experience
in the choicest language, can be thoroughly misapplied. It cannot embrace the
whole of the subject, and apply in all cases like a mathematical formula. Its
wisdom lies in the ear of the hearer."-FRIENDS IN COUNCIL.

LONDON:

W. KENT & CO. (LATE D. BOGUE), 86, FLEET STREET,

AND PATERNOSTER ROW.

1859.