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.
703.
Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Emblems, Bk I, No. 7
704. To be a fine gentleman is to be a generous and a brave man.
The Spectator, No. 75
705.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648
706. If Jove stray, who dares say, Jove doth ill ?
Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I
707. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II
708.
Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.
The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines