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.
289. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.
The Rosciad, line 1039
290.
A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.
My Handsome Nell
291. They only have lived long, who have lived virtuously.
Pizarro (Alonzo), Act IV, Scene I
292. Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.
Essay XX, Of Empire
293. Posterity, that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment.
Essay on Machiavelli
294.
An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
Alphonsus: Emperor of Germany (Collen), Act I.