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.
187.
Grief should be the instructor of the wise ;
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most
Must mourn the deepest o’er the fatal truth,
The Tree of Knowledge is not that of life.
Manfred, Act I, Scene I
188. He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude, and enjoy himself independent of its favour.
Spectator, No. 554
189. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance
190. Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene II
191. For thre may kepe a counsel — if twain be awaie.
The Ten Commandments of Love, 49
192. Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most, always like it the least.
Letter to his Son, 29th January, 1748