“Knowledge is power.” “Haste makes waste.” “All that glitters is not gold.” These statements are all well-known proverbs: short sayings that give us a piece of advice or wisdom to help teach us a ...

Translation: "It’s a bull,” i told him. “Milk it,” he insists. Meaning: This proverb, short and cutting, has something of the ancient Egyptian humour in it. It is about a bull, an ancient symbol, and ...