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.
97. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.
Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I
98. More vacant pulpits would more converts make.
The Hind and the Panther, Pt III, line 182
99. It’s a melancholy consideration indeed, that our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and that an increase of our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
The Good-Natured Man (Honey wood), Act I
100.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
101.
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677
102.
Be England what she will,
With all her faults, she is my country still.
The Farewell, line 27