Neat quote. But it was the first daughter's attribution to "Chinese Proverb" that sent social media sites into overdrive in China, where people scrambled to find who, among their ancestors, actually ...

Longtime readers of this column might recognize the universal cultural proverb “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” It is thought to exist in all cultures and all written languages, ...

Bert O. States, professor of dramatic arts emeritus at the University of California at Santa Barbara, guides readers through the mythical land of “Proverbia,” where bits of received wisdom are both ...

The first daughter tweeted a saying that she said was ancient Chinese wisdom. Ivanka Trump is finding out that it is not wise to misattribute Chinese proverbs for fear of the wrath of Twitter. The ...

Plucked directly from Gerd de Ley’s Book of Chinese Proverbs: A Collection of Timeless Wisdom, Wit, Sayings & Advice, these 50 proverbs really strike a chord and are worth keeping in your back pocket.

If March’s weather is anything like what roared through Texas and the rest of the central and southern US in February… we’re in deep trouble. Often, March’s weather can be this ferocious. Have you ...