who won’t be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock
- who won’t be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock
1666 G. TORRIANO Italian Proverbs 286 That ship which will have no rudder, must have a rock.
1823 I. DISRAELI Curiosities of Literature 2nd ser. I. 459 There is a Cornish proverb, ‘Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock’—the strands of Cornwall, so often covered with wrecks, could not fail to impress on the imaginations of its inhabitants the two objects from whence they drew this salutary proverb.
1911 B. WILBERFORCE Secret of Quiet Mind 79 Jesus..is weeping because the spiritual blindness of the people made..the destruction of Jerusalem..inevitable. ‘He who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock,’ but ruled he must be.
1984 R. HENDERSON Salty Words 165 The nautical saying Who won’t be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock..means ‘those who won’t listen to reason must bear the consequences’.
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