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1º Colóquio Interdisciplinar sobre Provérbios, em Tavira
Depending on their cultural settings, proverbs like Ei Turkuu päivässä rakennettu, All roads lead to Rome or Cada terra com seu uso cada roca com seu fuso move on several levels of cultural and universal comprehension. Proverbs from different people and different speech areas enable various interpretations. In addition, the same proverb may be used in several contexts and for many purposes. Proverbs have always been liable to bring on problems of translation and of general explanations. They can be classified according to different criteria: historical, linguistic, thematic, educational, logical etc.