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.
175.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV
176. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.
The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II
177.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
Gotham, line 107
178. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.
The Wedding (Traveller)
179. He that will have cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding.
Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus), Act I, Scene I
180.
’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.
The Monastery, Chap. XXIII