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. Proverbial is produced by Goldberry Studios for the CiRCE Podcast Network. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Horace the Bear

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 Classical Teachers) explores a single proverb, some old bit of wisdom, and tries to discern what it means for modern men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.