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.
115. Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most, always like it the least.
Letter to his Son, 29th January, 1748
116. The pen is mightier than the sword.
Richelieu (Richelieu), Act II, Scene II
117. We look before and after, and pine for what is not.
Ode to a Skylark
118.
Examples lead us, and we likely see;
Such as the prince is, will his people be.
Hesperides, 761.
119.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
King John (King), Act IV, Scene II
120.
Opinion governs all mankind,
Like the blind’s leading of the blind.
Miscellaneous Thoughts, line 269