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.
Heaven forfend that vengeance e’er should strike,
Ere justice doomed the blow.
The Fall of Robespierre, Act II
218. Language is the dress of thought.
Lives of the Poets, Cowley
219. Veracity is the heart of morality.
Science and Culture,
Universities Actual and Ideal
220.
He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
Who shuns the hives because the bees have stings.
Locrine (Hubba), Act III, Scene II
221. ’Tis easier to advise ‘bear up,’ than bear.
Balaustion’s Adventure
222. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.
Venus and Adonis, St. 70