saint ambrose said the quote when in rome do as the romans do in a proverb.
saint ambrose said the quote when in rome do as the romans do in a proverb.
who said the quote when in rome do as the romans do in a proverb?
saint ambrose
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the proverb with "a longer history than any other recorded proverb in the world", going back to "around 1800 bc" is in a sumerian clay tablet, "the bitch by her acting too hastily brought forth the blind". though many proverbs are ancient, they were all newly created at some point by somebody. sometimes it is easy to detect that a proverb is newly coined by a reference to something recent, such as the haitian proverb "the fish that is being microwaved doesn't fear the lightning". similarly, there is a recent maltese proverb, "wil-muturi, ferh u duluri" "women and motorcycles are joys and griefs"; the proverb is clearly new, but still formed as a traditional style couplet with rhyme. also, there is a proverb in the kafa language of ethiopia that refers to the forced military conscription of the 1980s, "...the one who hid himself lived to have children." a mongolian proverb also shows evidence of recent origin, "a beggar who sits on gold; foam rubber piled on edge." a political candidate in kenya popularised a new proverb in his 1995 campaign, "chuth ber" "immediacy is best". "the proverb has since been used in other contexts to prompt quick action." over 1,400 new english proverbs are said to have been coined and gained currency in the 20th century. this process of creating proverbs is always ongoing, so that possible new proverbs are being created constantly. those sayings that are adopted and used by an adequate number of people become proverbs in that society.
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