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.
91. There is no felicity upon earth, which carries not its counterpoise of misfortunes; no happiness which mounts so high, which is not depressed by some calamity.
Contemplation of the State of Man, Bk I, Chap. II
92.
There’s no wound deeper than a pen can give,
It makes men living dead, and dead men live.
A Kicksey-Winsey, Pt 7
93. Music, the mosaic of the air.
Music’s Empire, 17
94.
A foole I doe him firmely hold,
That loves his fetters, though they were of gold.
Faerie Queene, Bk III, Can. IX, St. 8
95.
What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.
A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II
96.
Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.
The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III