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	Discursive Modes Collection: Proverb Resources - http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/ Definitions, proverb collections with search option, articles, and links.
	Proverbs by Countries of Origin - http://www.famous-quotations.com/asp/origins.asp Browse and search through proverbs from more than 50 countries.
	The Tropical Landscapes of Proverbia - http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Culture/Hernadi_Steen_99.html Article by Hernadi and Steen discussing form and function of proverbs.
	The Quotations Home Page - Annoying Proverbs - http://www.theotherpages.org/quote-07.html Proverbs that are repeated with such frequency that they grate on your nerves each time you hear them.
	The Quotations Homepage - Proverbial Wisdom - http://www.theotherpages.org/quote-05.html More than 600 proverbs (in English) collected from around the world, listed alphabetically.

	The Matti Kuusi International Type System of Proverbs - http://lauhakan.home.cern.ch/lauhakan/cerp.html Browse or search an international database and type system of proverbs.
	International Proverbs - Simple Truths - http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/traditional-proverbs.htm Small collection of proverbs, explained by children (in English).
	Arthropod Proverbs - http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/proverbs.htm Insect proverbs compiled by Donald W. Hall, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida.
	Creative Proverbs from Around the World - http://creativeproverbs.com/ Search or browse 12,000 proverbs from 300 cultures and countries.
	Contemplate - Take Time to Think - http://www.contemplate.us/ Search or browse nearly 3,000 proverbs with more be added regularly.

	Proverbes - http://pagesperso-orange.fr/proverbes/proverbe.htm Various collections of French and international proverbs (in French, some bilingual).
	Insects: Citations and Proverbs - http://www.bijlmakers.com/entomology/proverbs_insects.htm A collection of citations, proverbs, and expressions about insects and spiders.
	De Proverbio - http://www.deproverbio.com/ Electronic journal devoted to paremiology (study of proverbs) and paremiography (collection of proverbs), presenting excerpts of scholarly articles, proverb collections, and bibliographies.
	Proverbs, Precepts, Quotations, Sources - Windsor Castle - http://oaks.nvg.org/pega5.html Collection of wise sayings from several peoples and cultures at the WIndsor Castle website.
	Proverberator.com - http://www.proverberator.com/en/ Automated generator creates new proverbs from the existing ones by replacing a random word with another.

	The Tartu Research Group of Paremiology - http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol2/mieder.htm Article on the history of Estonian paremiography, by Arvo Krikmann and Ingrid Sarv, published in the E-zine Folklore.
	Proverbs and Reality - http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/tarsad/nyelvtud/proverbs/html/proverbs.htm Article by Gyula Paczolay, University of Veszprém, discussing reality/truth in proverbs.

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