Abstract
The article presents a scope of learning proverbs and sayings in the field of paremiology in Russian and English languages.The interest to the study is defined by the significance of the intersection between culture and language, paremiology and cultures in particular.Proverbs and sayings are to fix the constants of morals and culture that are applicable to all speakers of the language, determine evaluation system of the world, and are the ones that authorize us to differentiate and analyze the main concepts.Proverbs and sayings of different cultures help us to understand the mentality of the nation, identity, perception of people; they store and transmit database about the level of material and spiritual culture of the certain ethnic groups, communities, their life, past and present, the evolution of society in general.Due to their attractiveness and eye-catching properties proverbs can be interpreted as "little texts".The usage of proverbs in oral and written speech helps raising someone's curiosity, to persuade people to the raised issues.