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.
271.
Read Homer once, and you can read no more,
For all books else appear so mean, and poor;
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
Essay on Poetry
272.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III
273. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747
274. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.
The Golden Legend, IV
275. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.
Thoughts on Various Subjects
276. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34