Proverbial

Proverbial

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Proverbial episodes

  • Like the Wolf
    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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    24 min
  • A Full Life
    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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    34 min
  • Economies of Happiness
    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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    28 min
  • Candy Canes
    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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    24 min
  • Anthology
    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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    18 min
  • The Witching Hour

    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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    32 min
  • Stuck in the Middle
    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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    30 min
  • A Retraction

    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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    29 min
  • Stars
    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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    29 min
  • The Real You

    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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    30 min

About Proverbial

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On every episode of Proverbial, teacher and author Joshua Gibbs (How to Be Unlucky: Reflections on the Pursuit of Virtue and Something They Will Not Forget: A Handbook for…