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.
739.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike
As if we had them not.
Measure for Measure (Duke), Act I, Scene I
740.
A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse,
Gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.
The Country Wife (Alithea), Act III, Scene I
741.
Ignorance of better things makes man,
Who cannot much, rejoice in what he can.
Retirement
742. There is no state in Europe where the least wise have not governed the most wise.
Imaginary Conversations, Rousseau and Malesherbes
743.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
The Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), Act III,
Scene II
744.
At every trifle scorn to take offence,
That always shows great pride or little sense.
Essay on Criticism, line 386