Proverbs: A very special type of naming

The goal of this article is to show that, contrary to Michaux's proposals ( 1995 and 1996), the proverbs could not constitute personal judgements. The difficulty represented by the data called for invalidate the classical idea which considers the proverbs collective judgements can be surmounted b y taking into account two factors: (i) the name status of proverbs and (ii) the "deproverbialisation" procedure through which the proverb is loosing i ts name aspect and keeps its phrase aspect only.