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.
667. When th’ iron is hot, strike.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III
668. Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.
Lacon, CCXLV
669.
The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.
They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair
670. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
671. Set a thief to catch a thief.
672.
In vaine he seeketh others to suppresse,
Who hath not learnd himselfe first to subdue.
Faerie Queene, Bk VI, Can. I, St. 41