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.
67.
True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83
68. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.
Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.
69.
Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.
The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines
70.
Dearer is love than life, and fame than gold;
But dearer than them both your faith once plighted hold.
Faerie Queene, Bk V, Can. XI, St. 63
71.
Better, tho’ difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, tho’ easy, where the end is wo.
Pilgrim’s Progress
72. Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Areopagitica