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.
655.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us.
King Lear (Edgar), Act V, Scene III
656. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.
Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants
657.
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.
658. He makes a foe who makes a jest.
Fables, Pt. I, XLVI
659. Grief best is pleas’d with grief’s society.
Rape of Lucrece, St. 159
660.
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677