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.
217.
Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.
A History of the Lyre
218. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.
Spectator, No. 248
219.
Throw no gift againe the giver’s head;
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI
220.
War is honourable
In those who do their native rights maintain;
In those whose swords an iron barrier are
Between the lawless spoiler and the weak.
Ethwuld (Hereulf), Act I, Scene III
221. Like master, like man.
222.
Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear;
Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Elegy in a Country Churchyard