Make not fish of one, and flesh of another.
Meaning: Treat all people with consistent fairness; don't favor some while dismissing others arbitrarily.
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
- Fish are not to be caught by a birdcall. — Wrong tools waste effort; match your methods to your actual target.
- He fisheth on that catcheth one. — Success in any endeavor comes only to those who actually persist in the attempt, not mere…
- Every shoe fits not every foot. — Different solutions work for different people; what suits one person may not suit another…
- Where every hand fleeceth, the sheep go naked. — Widespread petty theft by many people causes greater damage than a single large theft wou…
- Flowers are the pledge of fruit. — Beautiful beginnings promise productive outcomes, so nurture promising signs carefully fo…
- The foremost dog catches the hare. — Speed and initiative win the prize; those who act first gain advantage over competitors.
From our tongue twisters
- 앞 집 팥죽은 붉은 팥 풋팥죽이고, 뒷집 콩죽은 햇콩 단콩 콩죽이다. (Ap jip patjugeun bulgeun pat put-patjugigo, dwitjip kongjugeun haetkong dankong kongjugida.) — Stacks Korean's aspirated p and k against the final consonants, so every word ends where…
- 저 분은 백 법학박사이고 이 분은 박 법학박사이다. (Jeo buneun Baek beopakbaksa igo, i buneun Bak beopakbaksa ida.) — Baek and Bak are a single vowel apart, and 법학박사 piles four stop consonants into one title.
- Król Karol kupił królowej Karolinie korale koloru koralowego. — Every word starts with k, and król/Karol/korale/koloru keep re-ordering the same handful…