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.
691. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.
Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants
692. Never gallop Pegasus to death.
To Bolingbroke, Bk I, Ep. I, 14
693.
Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man that mocks at it and sets it light.
Richard II (Gaunt), Act I, Scene III
694. It is too late to shutte the stable door when the steede is stolne.
Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit
695.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
Gotham, line 107
696. How much lies in laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. V