Environmentalists and conservationists might take issue with this old saying in our age of over fishing and depleted stocks. This is a variant of "There are plenty more fish in the sea". Often used to console a jilted lover, this is an encouragement for people to stop wailing about loss and get back to putting in the effort to replace what has gone with something as good or better. "Men should not wail their loss but cheerily seek how to redress their harm" covers much the same idea. An earnest counsellor might add "Where there's a will there's a way" or "Think positively". After all "Nothing succeeds like success!".
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Proverbs store the wisdom of ages in short, memorable lines with several layers of meaning. This blog states a weekly proverb and explores its meaning. Sir Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, war leader, writer, painter, historian, bon viveur, whose mother was a United States citizen, recommended that people lacking formal education to learn proverbs. "The Wisdom of Nations lies in their Proverbs... Collect and learn them". William Penn, founder of the State of Pennsylvania.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
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- He that counts all costs will never put plough to ...
- None so well shod but they may slip.
- A whet is no let
- A beard well lathered is half shaved.
- The dog gnaws the bone because he cannot swallow it.
- He that is too secure is not .
- A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.
- The fool wanders far, the wise man travels.
- He that stumbles and falls not, mends his pace.
- Light your lamp before it becomes dark.
- Fall not out with a friend for a trifle.
- A disease known is half cured.
- The lower millstone grinds as well as the upper.
- The eye is bigger than the belly
- To spare at the spigot and let run at the bung.
- The last drop makes the cup run over.
- No point in crying over spilt milk.
- There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out...
- Don't bite off more than you can chew.
- The cow must browse where she is tied.
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
- The dog that trots about finds a bone.
- Always at it wins the day
- All's fair in love and war
- Good kail is half a meal
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