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.
673. Poverty is a bully if you are afraid of her, or truckle to her. Poverty is good-natured enough if you meet her like a man.
Philip, Ch. XIX
674. He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
Essays of Elia, All Fools’ Day
675.
Not ten yoke of oxen
Have the power to draw us
Like a woman’s hair.
The Saga of King Olaf
676. We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love another.
Thoughts on Various Subjects
677.
All things that are,
Are with more spirit chased than enjoy’d.
Merchant of Venice (Gratiano), Act II, Scene VI
678.
Repentance for past crimes is just and easy;
But sin no more’s a task too hard for mortals.
The Relapse (Worthy), Act V, Scene IV