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.
205. Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.
Essay XX, Of Empire
206.
From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.
The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I
207.
’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.
The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296
208. Physician, heal thyself.
Luke 4:23
209. The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree!
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act I, Scene II
210.
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.
Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I