{"id":6618,"date":"2020-09-16T18:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T23:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=6618"},"modified":"2020-09-26T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T20:29:50","slug":"eighteenth-century-proverbial-sayings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/eighteenth-century-proverbial-sayings\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighteenth Century Proverbial Sayings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of &#8220;proverb&#8221; is &#8220;a short, pithy saying stating a general truth or piece of advice.&#8221; Proverbs are meant to convey common wisdom or prudent counsel about how the world usually works. <\/p>\n<p>A proverb is most often a phrase or saying that gives advice in an obscure way. The phrase usually has an allegorical type of message behind that when first heard may seem a little odd. Usually a proverb is very well known because of its popular use in colloquial language.<\/p>\n<p>A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience. <\/p>\n<p>An adage is a saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use or a pithy saying in current use; a brief familiar proverb; an expression of popular wisdom, generally figurative, in a single phrase or sentence, and of remote origin.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"linedlist\">\n<li>Actions speak louder than words.<\/li>\n<li>Beggars must not be choosers.<\/li>\n<li>A fool and his money are soon parted.<\/li>\n<li>No news is good news.<\/li>\n<li>It never rains but it pours.<\/li>\n<li>When in Rome, do as the Romans do.<\/li>\n<li>Birds of a feather flock together.<\/li>\n<li>The proof of the pudding is in the eating.<\/li>\n<li>A man\u2019s home is his castle.<\/li>\n<li>Of two evils, choose the lesser.<\/li>\n<li>Money does not grow on trees.<\/li>\n<li>He that dances must pay the fiddler.<\/li>\n<li>He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.<\/li>\n<li>A burnt child dreads the fire.<\/li>\n<li>He who cannot do as he would must do what he can.<\/li>\n<li>The end justifies the means.<\/li>\n<li>Fortune favors the bold.<\/li>\n<li>Make hay while the sun shines.<\/li>\n<li>Faint heart never won fair lady.<\/li>\n<li>Give him an inch and he\u2019ll take a mile.<\/li>\n<li>Man proposes, but God disposes.<\/li>\n<li>Misfortunes never come singly.<\/li>\n<li>An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of wit.<\/li>\n<li>Be not a baker if your head be made of butter.<\/li>\n<li>What can\u2019t be cured must be endured.<\/li>\n<li>He that is born to be hanged will never be drowned.<\/li>\n<li>It is easier to lead men than to drive them.<\/li>\n<li>Necessity is the mother of invention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6676\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"boxer\" title=\"18th Century Proverbs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-Featured-Images-18th-C-Proverbs-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-Featured-Images-18th-C-Proverbs-1.jpg\" alt=\"18th Century Proverbs\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-Featured-Images-18th-C-Proverbs-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-Featured-Images-18th-C-Proverbs-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blog-Featured-Images-18th-C-Proverbs-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18th Century Proverbs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of &#8220;proverb&#8221; is &#8220;a short, pithy saying stating a general truth or piece of advice.&#8221; Proverbs are meant to convey common wisdom or prudent counsel about how the world usually works. 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