Interpreting Intercultural Proverbs Proverbs, which tell truths with metaphors and simplicity, often reveal fundamental values held by a culture.

Your Task.
Discuss the following proverbs and explain how they relate to some of the cultural values you studied in this chapter. What additional proverbs can you cite, and what do they mean?
North American proverbs
An ounce or prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The squeaking wheel gets the grease.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
He who holds the gold makes the rules.
Japanese proverbs
A wise man hears one and understands ten.
The pheasant would have lived but for its cry.
The nail that sticks up gets pounded down.
German proverbs
No one is either rich or poor who has not helped himself to be so.
He who is afraid of doing too much always does too little.