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.
On adamant our wrongs we all engrave,
But write our benefits upon the wave.
The Art of Love, line 971
614.
To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.
Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11
615.
Marriage is a matter of more worth
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.
Henry VI, Pt I (Suffolk), Act V, Scene VI
616. Rest springs from strife, and dissonant chords beget Divinest harmonies.
Songs of Two Worlds. Love’s Suicide
617. If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
The Mill on the Floss (Maggie), Bk VI, Ch. XIV
618. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good nature.
Spectator, No. 306