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.
613.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee;
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XL
614. Man proposeth, God disposeth.
Jacula Prudentum
615. Love’s tongue is in the eyes.
Piscatorie Eclogues, V, St. 13
616.
Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:9
617. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
Endymion, line 1
618.
What female heart can gold despise?
What cat’s averse to fish?
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat