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.
163. He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State, of Self-Praising
164. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.
Galatians 6:7
165. Grief best is pleas’d with grief’s society.
Rape of Lucrece, St. 159
166.
The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act V, Scene I
167. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.
Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants
168. Never gallop Pegasus to death.
To Bolingbroke, Bk I, Ep. I, 14