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.
685. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.
Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History
686.
Nothing speaks our griefe so well
As to speak nothing.
Upon the Death of a Gentleman, line 27
687. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Lacon: Many Things in Few Words, CCCCXXIV
688. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.
Spectator, No. 248
689.
Be cheerful; wipe thine eyes:
Some falls are means the happier to arise.
Cymbeline (Lucius), Act IV, Scene II
690.
Women, like princes, find few real friends:
All who approach them their own ends pursue;
Lovers and ministers are seldom true.
Advice to a Lady