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.
619.
A man may cry Church! Church! at ev’ry word.
With no more piety than other people —
A daw’s not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Ode to Rae Wilson Esq.
620.
Men cast the blame of their unprosperous acts
Upon the abettors of their weak resolve;
Or anything but their weak guilty selves.
The Cenci (Orsino), Act V, Scene I
621. Mock not the cobbler for his black thumbs.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State: Of Jesting.
622. Fight fire with fire, and craft with craft.
The Cobbler of Hagenau
623.
In fair virtue’s heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night
624. The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree!
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act I, Scene II