He that will not be counselled, cannot be helped.

Counsel will make a man stick his own mare.

A word about the wisdom of proverbs. Proverbs have to be short, they have to be memorable, and they must not be mere platitudes: but they do not have to be true. Folk wisdom is often contradictory. While proverbs can often be astute, down-to-earth, and even inspiring, a reader of this collection will find others that seem small-minded, superstitious, or plain wrong. At the same time, A proverb comes not from nothing.

About The Wisdom Of Proverbs

Like counsellor, like counsel.

He that is down needs fear no fall.

Misfortunes find their way even on the darkest night.

He that fears you present will hate you absent.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

An unhappy man’s cart is eith to tumble.

Advice is a stranger; if welcome, he stays for the night; if not welcome, he returns home the same day.

Who will not be ruled by the rudder, must be ruled by the rock.

Steer not after every mariner’s direction.

The Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs is a reference book in which the word proverb is interpreted as a statement or maxim that contains advice (e.g. many hand make light work), a belief (beauty is in the eye of the beholder), or a general observation of some aspect of life or nature (absence makes the heart grow fonder). The dictionary contains approximately 6000 proverbs arranged under such thematic headings such as absence, beauty, caution, knowledge, love and weather. Some proverbs will be listed under more than one heading. Within each thematic category, proverbs will be arranged in groups that express various aspects of the theme. Explanations of the proverbs are given only if the meaning is ambiguous or totally obscure, if a dialect word is used, or if the proverb is a foreign phrase requiring translation. A few of the proverbs may be actual quotations from literature or the Bible.

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