A broken leg is not healed by a silk stocking.
Meaning: Expensive remedies cannot substitute for proper treatment of fundamental problems.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- A burden which one chooses is not felt. — Willingly undertaken hardships feel lighter than those imposed against your will.
- The back is made for the burden. — Humans possess natural capacity to bear hardship; endurance is inherent to our nature.
- The greatest burdens are not the gainfullest. — Heavy loads rarely yield profits; exhausting work often produces meager returns.
- Who more busy than they that have least to do. — Idle people create unnecessary tasks to justify their existence and appear productive.
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From our idioms
- Penye nia pana njia — Determination always finds a path.
- Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa — You cannot do everything alone.
- Chovya chovya humaliza buyu la asali — Small indulgences add up to a big loss.