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. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 11:14
260. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.
Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.
261.
Beauties are tyrants, and if they can reign
They have no feeling for their subject’s pain;
Their victim’s anguish gives their charms applause,
And their chief glory is the woe they cause.
The Patron
262. Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
Letter to Lord Wentworth
263. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.
The Golden Legend, IV
264.
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.
Fables, Pt I, Fable XVII