Nehadzte perly sviniam (Do Not Cast Your Pearls Before Swine)

Do Not Cast Your Pearls Before Swine is the name of the book written by famous Slovak translator Blahoslav Hecko. He presents proverbs in Slovak language and in other eleven languages. He has based his book on the thesis that European proverbs emerged in the favorable climate of a common and undivided culture, the foundations of which were laid by the Greece - Roman and Christian traditions.

The book is composed of three sections:

1) an introductory essay on European proverbs and their common cultural substratum,

2) 300 proverbs in 12 European languages – Slovak, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, English, German, Czech, Russian, Polish, Croatian and Slovene,

3) an index of proverbs for each language.

The book may be interesting for all people who are fascinated for proverbs. The publication includes Resume in English language.

Preview from the book

Ci chlieb jes, toho piesen spievaj

Cuius edis panes, illius et adspice nutum

Chi mi dà da mangiar, tengo a quello

Celui louer devons de qui le pain mangeons

A aquel loar debemos, cuyo pan comemos

Let every man praise the bridge he goes over

Wessen Brot ich esse, dessen Lied ich singe

Koho chleba jis, toho pisen zpivej

Cej chleb-sol jes, tavo i pesenku pajos (In azbuka in the book.)

Na czyim wozku jedziesz, tego piosenke musisz śpiewać

Na cijim se kolima vozis, onoga i pjesmu pjevaj

Cigar prejo prela, tega kruh jela