Who wonʹt be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock. Who wonʹt listen to reason must bear the consequences, like a ship that runs upon a rock if it will not answer the helm.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.