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.
151. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II
152.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Julius Caesar (Caesar), Act II, Scene II
153. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.
Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX
154.
He that is but able to express
No sense at all in several languages,
Will pass for learneder than he that’s known
To speak the strongest reason in his own.
Satire upon Human Learning, Pt I, line 65
155. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.
Silas Marner, Ch. XII
156. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.
Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42