Search in folklore: wisdom

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Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings German about courage, wisdom, things

The hot sun melts away the snow; when anger comes, does wisdom go.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about anger, wisdom, sun

Two things that go for loss-turf on a mountain and the wisdom of a poor man.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wisdom, things, man

When God punishes a land, he deprives it's leaders of wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about wisdom, god

A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about conduct, pleasure, wisdom, man

Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about suffering, books, sadness, wisdom

Arms are of little service abroad unless directed by the wisdom of counsellors at home.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about wisdom, home

If haply a fool should find for himself wealth or a woman's love, pride waxes in him but wisdom never and onward he fares in his folly.

Proverbs and old sayings about proudness, wealth, wisdom, woman, love

No one will say, My father is incontinent. Everyone will say, He is a man of advice and wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Tunisian about advice, wisdom, man

A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about wisdom

Horse cure spell

Phol (another name for Balder) and Odin were riding together when the horse of Balder dislocates its foot. Odin is saying as a result: "Bone to bone, blood to blood, limb to limb, as if they were glued". There are some images...

Spells and incantations German

Rune before prayer

I am bending my knee
In the eye of the Father who created me,
In the eye of the Son who purchased me,
In the eye of the Spirit who cleansed me,
In friendship and affection.
Through Thine own Anointed One, O God,...

Spells and incantations British