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.
259. Jesters do oft prove prophets.
King Lear (Regan), Act V, Scene III
260.
We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.
Poems to National Independence, Pt I, XVI
261. It’s a melancholy consideration indeed, that our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and that an increase of our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
The Good-Natured Man (Honey wood), Act I
262.
At every trifle scorn to take offence,
That always shows great pride or little sense.
Essay on Criticism, line 386
263.
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British
Public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Essay on Morres’ Life of Lord Byron
264. What reason weaves, by Passion is undone.
Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 42