Proverbial

Pretend It's A School

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:00:29 GMT

The consolation of imaginary things is not imaginary. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Dump Him

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 23:55:32 GMT

Should you stay or should you go? Burke weighs in. Gibbs weighs in.

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Exit Interviews

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:37:36 GMT

The chip stains and grease will come out in the bath. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Half A Master's Degree

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:47:29 GMT

A little learning is a dangerous thing. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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How Things Fall Apart

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:30 GMT

Institutions fall apart like men, men fall apart like institutions. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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In Defense of Bob Ross

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 10:06:29 GMT

It's hard to be good, but it's still way easier than we want to admit. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Zed's Dead

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:29:14 GMT

A heartbreaking saying from Socrates explains "home culture." Joshua Gibbs explains.

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 04:01:14 GMT

Christmas comes just once a year, but why? Joshua Gibbs here explains.

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Hot Topic

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:21:42 GMT

This episode required more than 30 takes. Was it worth it? Listen for yourself.

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A Russian Novel & A Baptist Sermon

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:16:37 GMT

The longer you think about it, the more disturbing it gets.

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Hallelujah

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:02:00 GMT

One of the most commonly traded quotes in classical Christian education gets the Proverbial treatment.

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Stanley Kubrick

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:54:48 GMT

Don't do it like that. Do it like this. Joshua Gibbs explains why.

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Not My First Rodeo

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:08:34 GMT

What in the world does "There's more than one way to skin a cat" mean? Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Letting The Water Hold Me Down

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:01:55 GMT

Instant karma isn't going to get you. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Of The Making of Many Taylor Swifts There Is No End

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:42:52 GMT

One of the best known proverbs about "the past" gets the Proverbial treatment.

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Nothing to Be Scared of

Wed, 31 May 2023 19:35:18 GMT

Everybody lies to doctors. And teachers. And plumbers. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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A Very Special Episode of Proverbial

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:53:53 GMT

There are a few words which are not slurs, obscenities, vulgarities, or blasphemies which have nonetheless been banned by Christians for public usage. It's really too bad. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Just My Imagination

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:50:42 GMT

There are times when the anticipation is the best part. Why? Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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Anything Helps

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:21:36 GMT

There's nothing better for a man than trying hard and failing miserably. Joshua Gibbs explains it all.

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Once Upon A Time In Shaolin

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:54:37 GMT

An enigmatic proverb about dead cats is explained.

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No Excuses

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:53:09 GMT

"A bad workman blames his tools" often conjures images of plumbers and carpenters, but it's about every sort of person who undertakes a task. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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The News

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:38:56 GMT

There's something sort of exciting about the movies, books, and films that are released this year. They're new, they're now. But do exciting thigns usually pan out well in the long run? Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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After Roger Scruton

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 17:01:03 GMT

Have you ever noticed just how disturbed some people become by the sight of Christmas decorations after Christmas? There's actually a good reason for that. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Spies

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:05:31 GMT

How will your children evaluate your parenting skills when they don't need you anymore? Joshua Gibbs explores.

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The Aristocracy of Children

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:53:59 GMT

They don't cook. They don't clean. They don't pay rent. Still, we need children. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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The Proverbial Guide to Christmas Gift-Giving

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:08:33 GMT

Tis the season to say, "It's the thought that counts." Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Getting Clean

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:24:11 GMT

"Cleanliness is next to godliness" isn't in the Bible, except it sort of is. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Fascist Baby

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:23:27 GMT

It's fine. Don't mess with it. Just leave it alone. There are so many ways to say, "I love you."

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A House Divided

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:12:31 GMT

When I was young I would tell my father, "I want something to eat," and he would reply, "How does it feel to want?" I would groan and roll my eyes. It's an interesting question, though.

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Not Perfect, Just Dumb

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 16:59:00 GMT

Why are people miserable? Is it fate? Is it bad luck? Is it biological? Former American president James Garfield didn't think so.

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Here Is Gone

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:17:44 GMT

A proverb from Stendahl explains why social media is so bad for mid-level Christian intellectuals. Hopefully no one too famous is listening.

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Closed for Business

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:32:48 GMT

Among other things, a reflection on the profound effect "The Last Broadcast" had on Gibbs when he was 21.

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The Gray Physician

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:01:51 GMT

In this episode Joshua Gibbs exonerates the great Hippocrates.

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Grace Kelly

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:55:59 GMT

People often say that Jackson Pollock's work is "actually quite good." No one ever says this about Rembrandt, though. No "actually" is necessary. Wonder why? Joshua Gibbs looks into it.

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My Sparkling Personality

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:54:07 GMT

Do you know what you bring to the table? You've got to. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Fly As Fast As You Can

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:35:56 GMT

When a child becomes so sick that it may die, what do the parents say to themselves? Joshua Gibbs explores with a famous quotation from Menander.

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Gravity Always Wins

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:35:40 GMT

The 100th episode is devoted to the greatest proverb of all time. No big deal.

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Problems

Tue, 31 May 2022 16:41:06 GMT

Who would send a boy to do a man's job? Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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Giving the Devil His Due

Thu, 19 May 2022 14:44:24 GMT

You may have actually figured out a few things that your parents didn't understand. Don't get cocky. Joshua Gibbs explains.

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Self Help

Thu, 12 May 2022 02:39:39 GMT

Is it better to find yourself, to lose yourself, or to be yourself? What if none of these really works? Joshua Gibbs explores.

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Sick Fascination

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:18:40 GMT

"Don't shoot the messenger" seems like obvious advice, so why are we even tempted to shoot poor, helpless messengers? We have our reasons, though. Joshua Gibbs explores.

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Buyer's Remorse

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:01:46 GMT

"You can't have your cake and eat it too," so which is better? Having it or eating it? Joshua Gibbs explores.

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The Hours

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:29:18 GMT

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away," although this episode is about an entirely different (every day) proverb.

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One Little Leak Becomes A Lake

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:44:51 GMT

From time to time, everyone has to phone it in. In this episode, Joshua Gibbs has a few consoling words to say about failing others and being failed by others. Be warmed and filled.

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Family of Trees

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:29:16 GMT

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks," but it's better this way. Joshua Gibbs explains why.

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Your People

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:08:20 GMT

Is your church lucky to have you as a member? With the help of a famous proverb, Joshua Gibbs helps you determine the answer.

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How to Buy a Bottle of Wine

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:40:47 GMT

"Can I help you find something?" asks the Total Wine employee. Regardless of how you reply, there's a good chance you'll be led to the same boring bottle. Why? Because beauty has her defense mechanisms. Joshua Gibbs explores.

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So Complicated

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:51:26 GMT

Every human judgement is based on incomplete data. A proverb from psychologist William James helps us sort out this vexing truth.

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The Real World

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:04:23 GMT

Young men should move out when they hit 18 or 19 even though it's cheaper to live at home. Why? This week's proverb from the Comtesse De Lafayette explores the answer.

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What Could Go Wrong?

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:56:24 GMT

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket," they say, but why? This basket is different. It can't be dropped. Or can it? Joshua Gibbs wants to know more.

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The Merciless Clandestine Society That Rules the World

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:44:44 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed and goes like this: "you know what they say." Joshua Gibbs contemplates what it has to say for modern men and women.

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Street Spirit

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:46:53 GMT

"Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it," says Solomon, but what happens between childhood and old age? A vexing lot, actually. Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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There's an Asterisk after Everything

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 04:52:37 GMT

"Fortune favors the brave," but is favor all fortune can offer? Does fortune not love the brave? Does fortune not vindicate the brave? Joshua Gibbs inquires further.

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Fondest, Blindest, Weakest

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:43:45 GMT

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" isn't just good career advice, it's a helpful perspective on humility. Joshua Gibbs explores.

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the Secret Life of

Sat, 27 Nov 2021 00:40:11 GMT

“Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them," said La Rochefoucauld. In this episode of Proverbial, Joshua Gibbs discusses the dangers of pleasures sought in secret.

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Losing Weight

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:12:52 GMT

"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves," said La Rochefoucauld, thus referencing the troubled relationship between pleasure and wisdom. Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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Animals

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:46:33 GMT

"God works in mysterious ways." Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores the meaning behind this common saying.

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Youth Group Sunday

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 03:28:33 GMT

"Too many cooks spoil the broth," but what about teamwork? Is there not wisdom in a multitude of counselors? Gibbs explores.

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Homework

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:25:54 GMT

"Big book, big bore," said Callimachus. Everyone loves a shorty, though. Joshua Gibbs tells all in the latest episode of Proverbial.

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Losing Sleep

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 15:56:45 GMT

"The best revenge is a life well lived," said George Herbert. Why do other sorts of revenge fall short of good old-fashioned happiness and contentment? Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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The King of Infinite Space

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 20:08:11 GMT

In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway wrote, “It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.” Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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How To Ruin A Decent Christopher Nolan Movie

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:40:07 GMT

“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things," claimed Jean de La Bruyere. Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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Michael Bay

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:33:08 GMT

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible," said Stanislaw Lec. This isn't just a proverb about riots and mobs, though. It's about our guilty pleasures. Joshua Gibbs examines.

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Lenny Belardo

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:11:13 GMT

"Don't smile before Christmas" is a common proverb traded by veteran teachers. It is a saying which is particularly offensive to an egalitarian age. Joshua Gibbs explores.

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I Care

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:39:59 GMT

"You can't make everybody happy all the time," but why would any sane person try? Join Joshua Gibbs as he considers the paradoxes of human happiness.

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Drenched to the Bone

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 16:20:10 GMT

"May you live in interesting times" is a Chinese curse. Why? What's so bad about interesting things? Tolstoy is interesting, right? Joshua Gibbs investigates.

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On Occasion

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:23:21 GMT

"The art of living is to know how to enjoy a little and endure very much," claimed William Hazlitt. Join Joshua Gibbs as he mulls over this proverb.

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Prometheus

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:18:22 GMT

"God doesn't give with both hands" is unusual because very few proverbs refer to God. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates this hard saying.

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Marvin

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:41:19 GMT

Jane Austen wrote, "The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient - at others, so bewildered and so weak - and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! - We are to be sure a miracle every way - but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting, do seem peculiarly past finding out." In this episode, Gibbs tells a single story from a difficult summer when he believed his life was ending.

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My Girls

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 21:04:06 GMT

"Birds of a feather flock together." This is a hard saying for social engineers of all sorts, especially teachers and party hosts. Join Joshua Gibbs as he unpacks this surprisingly confrontational saying.

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Snakeblood

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:51:29 GMT

"The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see," said Chesterton. Over the last ten years, travel has become mixed up with the self-care and wellness movement. In the latest episode of Proverbial, Joshua Gibbs attempts to save travel from modern cliches.

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Praying for Brad Pitt

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 20:29:16 GMT

"No man is so completely happy that something somewhere does not clash with his condition," taught Boethius. How do we live at peace with this truth? Can we? Joshua Gibbs talks himself through these questions on the latest episode of Proverbial.

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Stay Humble, Stay Low

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 15:44:35 GMT

"He who has much, wants much," said Boethius. In this episode, Joshua Gibbs explains suffering and want with a story about his acquisition of an iPod in 2004.

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I'm On a Roll This Time

Thu, 27 May 2021 17:30:05 GMT

"Bad fortune is of more use to men than good fortune," teaches Boethius, but he doesn't mean we should learn from our mistakes. Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores this vexing saying from the great Roman philosopher.

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Ten Years from Now

Wed, 19 May 2021 01:26:14 GMT

"Don't burn your bridges" began as a saying of military generals on war campaigns, but is now primarily understood advice pertaining to professional relationships. Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores this timeless saying.

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I'm Going to Pick a Fight

Thu, 06 May 2021 15:56:20 GMT

"Choose your battles carefully" is not the most misunderstood proverb, but it has become the most commonly misapplied. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates this saying and what it means for contemporary Christians.

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The Hint of the Century

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:50:02 GMT

"Religion begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother," said Cotton Mather. What does this proverb teach us about piety, money, and bad parenting? Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores the matter.

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Four Star Daydream

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:55:53 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Sir Thomas Gresham: "Bad money drives out good money." Join Joshua Gibbs as he talks about "bad money" and what it has to do with bad students, bad teachers, and bad love.

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Drugs Sell Themselves

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:40:34 GMT

This week's proverb is anonymous but you know it: "seek of the devil and he doth appear." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Fortunes on a String

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:10:28 GMT

This week's proverb comes to us via Solomon, who said, "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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The Best Policy

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 18:40:16 GMT

This week's proverb come from Socrates, who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to teach modern men and women.

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Horace the Bear

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:00:58 GMT

This week's proverb is in unattributed, but goes like this: "Money can't buy you happiness." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Death and Wellness

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:41:33 GMT

This week's proverb comes to us from Nicholas Gomez Davila, who said that "dying societies accumulate laws like dying men accumulate remedies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Little by Little

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:29:37 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Benjamin Franklin who once said that, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Preaching to the Choir

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:22:24 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed and it quite famous. It goes, "the Grass is always greener on the other side." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Time Will Tell

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:39:06 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Jean-Baptise Alphonse Karr, who said that, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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Who Are You Trying to Convince?

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:18:19 GMT

This week's proverb comes via William Hazlitt, a British essayist and philosopher who wrote that, "violent antipathies are always suspicious and betray a secret affinity." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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18 to 34

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:06:46 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed (thought it is English). It goes, "children should be seen and not heard." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this poem has to say to modern men and women. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network.

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Again and Again

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:09:39 GMT

This week's proverb comes to us from Thomas Aquinas who wrote, "I fear the man of one book." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Fathers & Sons

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:02:00 GMT

This week's proverb comes from German philosopher and writer, Goethe: "We can't form our children on our own concepts. We must take them and love them as God gives them to us." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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A New Twist On an Old Favorite

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:01:58 GMT

This week's proverb comes via political philosopher Edumnd Burke who wrote, "A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views." Join Joshua Gibbs as he explores what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Bully for You

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:05:36 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Dante: "Fame, without which man's life wastes out of mind leaving on earth no more memorial than foam in water or smoke upon the wind." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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We May Be Through with the Past, but the Past Isn't Through With Us

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:44:58 GMT

This week's proverb is anonymous (but very well known): The apple does not fall far from the tree. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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No Easy Way Out

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:21:24 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed and it goes like this: "No good deed goes unpunished."

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Finish Him

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:04:40 GMT

This week's Proverb comes from Goethe: “Man’s good intentions, resolutions that always succumb to ingrained habit, are like the cleaning, scrubbing and adorning that we practice on Sundays, holidays, and feast days. We always get dirty again, to be sure, but such a partial cleaning process has the advantage of upholding the principle of cleanliness.”

Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this Proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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The Long Farewell

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:17:02 GMT

This week's proverb is from Jonathan Swift: "life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Silence is Golden

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:00:41 GMT

This week's proverb, which is unattributed, is "let sleeping dogs lie." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Heaven Can Wait

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:08:14 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed: "Youth is wasted on the young." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Made in Italy

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:58:41 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed: "the clothes make the man." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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The Best Part of the Trip

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:11:12 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Dante, that great Italian writer, who wrote, "if the will won't will, nothing can force it." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Like the Wolf

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:11:35 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed: "hunger is the best sauce." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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A Full Life

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:44:24 GMT

In this week's episode Joshua Gibbs contemplates Solomon's famous "there is a time" proverb from Scripture. Join him as he contemplates what this passage has to say for modern men and women.

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Economies of Happiness

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:38:22 GMT

This weeks' proverb is unattributed: "happy wife, happy life." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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Candy Canes

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 14:28:45 GMT

This week's proverb comes from composer Gustav Mahler, who said that "tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like the show please leave a rating or a review wherever you get podcasts.

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Anthology

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:43:35 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed and says: "if all men were angels no government would be necessary." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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The Witching Hour

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:34:35 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed, but it goes like this: "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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Stuck in the Middle

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:50:51 GMT

This week's proverb is from Jules Renard, who said: "To have a horror of the bourgeoisie is bourgeoisie." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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A Retraction

Wed, 27 May 2020 14:12:38 GMT

This week's proverb comes to us via Solomon who wrote: "The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth the brilliant or favor to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Stars

Wed, 13 May 2020 15:49:24 GMT

This week's proverb comes to us by way of Dr. Samuel Johnson and it goes like this: "He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplaltes what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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The Real You

Wed, 06 May 2020 16:37:05 GMT

This week's (very famous) proverb comes from William Shakespeare and his play, As You Like It. It says, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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I Didn't Get You Anything

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:48:09 GMT

This week's proverb comes from the Roman writer, Seneca, who said that "to repay a favor too quickly is ingratitude." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates with this proverb has to say to modern men and women. And if you like this episode be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts.

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Mr. James Duffy

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:32:58 GMT

This week's proverb is an old Jewish saying: "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entirely." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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The Little Differences

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:14:24 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Leo Tolstoy, that famous Russian novelist, who once wrote that "all happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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Something about Hotels

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:42:19 GMT

This week's proverb is unattributed but quite famous: "Desperate times call for desperate measures." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to offer modern men and women.

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Both Sides Now

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:38:30 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Alfred Lord Tennyson, the famous English poet, who once opined that "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men and women.

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Pick a Side

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:00:42 GMT

This week's proverb comes from the Roman scholar Cicero who said, "I would rather be wrong with Plato than right with such men as these." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to offer modern men and women.

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It's a New Age

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:29:34 GMT

This week's proverb comes from that famous American essayist, Ralph WaldoEmerson: "I pay the school master but 'tis the school boys who educate my son."

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Six Weeks In

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:32:08 GMT

This week's proverb comes from England but is unattributed. It goes like this: "the cobbler's children have no shoes." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates the nature of this proverb and what it has to say for modern men and women.

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The Joke's On You

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:06:49 GMT

Today's proverb comes from George Orwell: The aim of the a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded. Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates this saying and what it can offer modern men.

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Not Even Jail

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:29:50 GMT

This episode's proverb comes from Goethe: "a man does not mind being blamed for his faults and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers for them, but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates the implications of this proverb for modern men.

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Friends and Enemies

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 18:14:06 GMT

This week proverb comes by way of English essayist, William Hazlitt, who wrote that, "he will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say for modern men.

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Healing

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:54:26 GMT

This week's (highly disputed) proverb is unattributed but well known. It say, "time heals all wounds." Join Josh Gibbs as he contemplates the implications of the proverb for modern man.

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I Care for My Kids

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:57:19 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Edmund Burke. It goes like this: "People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors."

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Dropping Eaves

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 20:04:40 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Solomon: "Do not pay attention to every word people say or you may hear your servant cursing you, for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others."

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Stolen Moments

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 17:27:11 GMT

This week's proverb is from French playwright, Albert Guinon: "People who cannot bear to be alone are generally the worst company."

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The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:23:49 GMT

Today's proverb comes from Pericles. Here it is: "Wait for the wisest of counselors, time." Join Josh as he contemplates what this proverb means for modern men.

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See the World

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 21:48:20 GMT

This week's proverb is commonly attributed to Saint Ambrose: "When in Rome, do as the Romans Do."

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PB&J

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:51:48 GMT

This week's proverb comes from, well, almost everyone. It's the saying, "life goes on." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what in the world this proverb means (and whether it's even a proverb at all) and what it has to say to modern man.

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Why Fiction Works

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:47:06 GMT

This week's proverb is a French proverb without any known attribution: "To understand all is to forgive all." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates what this proverb has to say to modern men and women.

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The Sure Thing

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 02:57:45 GMT

This week's proverb comes from an unknown English source: "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

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The Middle

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 19:08:39 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Hesiod, in Works and Days: "Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent but midways be sparing. It is poor saving when you come to lees."

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Three Words

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:54:19 GMT

This week's proverb comes from Petrarch: "To be able to say how much you love is to love but little." Join Joshua Gibbs as he contemplates the philosophical and practical implications of this proverb.

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Kids These Days

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:04:14 GMT

In this week's episode, Joshua Gibbs contemplates a proverb from Horace: "our fathers age was worse than ours grandfathers, we, worse than they, bring forth an offspring still more advanced than ourselves in evil."

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Alone in My Principles

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:29:10 GMT

Welcome back to Proverbial with Joshua Gibbs. In this episode, Joshua contemplates a proverb from Cicero, who said that he was " . . . never less idle than when wholly idle, never less alone than when wholly alone." Joshua contemplates the implications of this proverb for modern man.

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"A prophet is not without honor except within his own country"

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:14:46 GMT

Welcome back to Proverbial with Joshua Gibbs. In this episode, Joshua contemplates a proverb from Jesus Christ who said that, "a Prophet is not without honor except within his own country." Joshua contemplates the context of this proverb and what it means for common contemporary people.

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"You may drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps coming back."

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:11:44 GMT

Welcome to the first episode of Proverbial with Joshua Gibbs. In episode one, Joshua contemplates a proverb from the Roman poet, Horace. He wrote, "You may drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps coming back." Josh explores the origin of this quote, why he has been living his life according to it, and what it means for normal, average people in this contemporary age.

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Welcome to Proverbial, with Joshua Gibbs

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:36:48 GMT

Proverbial is a new podcast from the CiRCE Institute Podcast Network featuring Joshua Gibbs. Weekly, coming in October.

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