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.
607. One to-day is worth two to-morrows.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
608.
Heaven forfend that vengeance e’er should strike,
Ere justice doomed the blow.
The Fall of Robespierre, Act II
609.
Grief should be the instructor of the wise ;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of life.
Manfred, Act I, Scene I
610. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.
The Golden Legend, IV
611.
He who at fifty is a fool,
Is far too stubborn grown for school.
Visions in Verse, Slander
612. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.
Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.