CORSICAN PROVERB

The priest is expert and experienced at his prayers, but even they make mistakes. It is a little more colorful than “anyone can make a mistake.”

The import of this proverb that eventually things get so bad that people take radical steps to organize things. Unfortunately, historically when there have been periods of disorder and anarchy, a strongman or dictator usually takes over and provides the organization,

Corsica was almost always ruled by a government somewhere else and Corsicans had little to say about governmental affairs which were considered like the weather—beyond anyone’s control.

Corsica was almost always ruled by a government somewhere else and Corsicans had little to say about governmental affairs which were considered like the weather—beyond anyone’s control.

The priest is expert and experienced at his prayers, but even they make mistakes. It is a little more colorful than “anyone can make a mistake.”

The import of this proverb that eventually things get so bad that people take radical steps to organize things. Unfortunately, historically when there have been periods of disorder and anarchy, a strongman or dictator usually takes over and provides the organization,