VALOAREA EDUCATIVĂ A PROVERBELOR ÎN LIMBA ENGLEZĂ ŞI ÎN LIMBA ROMÂNĂ

Abstract

In the present article the leading role of the Romanian folk education and aphoristics in the new generation’s education are emphasized. The most important role in preserving, development, spreading, cultivation, and enhancing the cultural legacy, is carried out by the nation and the educational system. It should be mentioned that the Romanian and English aphoristics consider moral education as the foundation of overall education. Proverbs and sayings that date back to the ancient times have a content that points out truths from all the spheres of life and always remain national values in the moral education of the people of different ages. Wisdom has always been a kind of learning for the human intellect, which has manifested with the help of the proverbs, sayings, maxims and aphorisms. In fact, the proverbs are condensed history of a series of life experiments, most of them being sad, bitter, where those that should succeed are suppressed by the soul’s weakness.