<Li> "Proverb (- using) man, queer and vulgar / bothering man" (Spanish) </Li> <P> There is a growing interest in deliberately using proverbs to achieve goals, usually to support and promote changes in society . On the negative side, this was deliberately done by the Nazis . On the more positive side, proverbs have also been used for constructive purposes . For example, proverbs have been used for teaching foreign languages at various levels . In addition, proverbs have been used for public health promotion, such as promoting breast feeding with a shawl bearing a Swahili proverb "Mother's milk is sweet". Proverbs have also been applied for helping people manage diabetes, to combat prostitution, and for community development., to resolve conflicts, and to slow the transmission of HIV . </P> <P> The most active field deliberately using proverbs is Christian ministry, where Joseph G. Healey and others have deliberately worked to catalyze the collection of proverbs from smaller languages and the application of them in a wide variety of church - related ministries, resulting in publications of collections and applications . This attention to proverbs by those in Christian ministries is not new, many pioneering proverb collections having been collected and published by Christian workers . </P> <P> U.S. Navy Captain Edward Zellem pioneered the use of Afghan proverbs as a positive relationship - building tool during the war in Afghanistan, and in 2012 he published two bilingual collections of Afghan proverbs in Dari and English, part of an effort of nationbuilding, followed by a volume of Pashto proverbs in 2014 . </P>

What is the theme common to all proverbs