Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
595. Lawyers are always more ready to get a man into troubles than out of them.
The Good-Natured Man (Garnet), Act III
596.
Not to understand a treasure’s worth
Till time has stol’n away the slighted good,
Is cause of half the poverty we feel.
The Task, Bk VI, line 50
597.
Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang oursel’s united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.
‘Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?’
598.
Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.
Civil War, Bk VI, XIV
599.
He is as cowardly
That longer fears to live, as he that fears to die.
The Purple Island, Can. X, St. VIII
600.
There smiles no Paradise on earth so fair
But guilt will raise avenging phantoms there.
The Abencerrage, Can. 1