Collection: Proverbs & Sayings Prints

Two hundred sayings that nobody wrote and everybody knows: English proverbs and traditional sayings, the Russian folk wisdom of the kitchen table, and a few from Germany, China, Japan, Latin and Africa. These are the lines that were true before anyone put a name to them, which is why they are credited here to a tradition rather than to an invented author.

A proverb is the most forgiving thing to hang on a wall. It suits a kitchen, a hallway, a workshop or a holiday house, and it does not date. The plain typography lets a familiar line be read fresh. The Russian proverbs are set in Cyrillic, with the English translation on the product page, and are a favourite with Russian-speaking families abroad and with anyone who likes their wisdom a little blunt.

Three to start with

• Practice makes perfect, English proverb
• Still waters run deep, English proverb
• Как волка ни корми, он всё в лес смотрит (However much you feed a wolf, it still looks to the forest), Russian proverb

Questions people ask

Where are the Italian, Spanish and Korean proverbs? In their language collections. This collection holds the English and Russian folk sayings; the Italian, Spanish, French, German, Croatian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections each hold their own.

What do I receive? A print-ready PDF with embedded vector type, downloaded straight after payment.

Which sizes? Eight, from 5 x 7 inches to 24 x 36 inches, plus A4. Print at home or at a print shop.