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.
643.
For Friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
The Hind and the Panther, Pt III, line 47
644.
We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene I
645. You cannot get blood out of a stone.
646. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The Traveller, line 386
647. Men are valued not for what they are, but what they seem to be.
Money (Sir John Vesey), Act I, Scene I
648.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged mercury.
De Montfort (Rezenvelt), Act III, Scene II