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.
295. If thou would’st be happy, learn to please.
Solomon, Bk II, line 266
296. A man’s vanity tells him what is honour, a man’s conscience what is justice.
Imaginary Conversations: Peter Leopold and President Du Paty (Leopold)
297.
He only judges right who weighs, compares,
And, in the sternest sentence which his voice
Pronounces, ne’er abandons charity.
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. II, I
298.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged comrade.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
299.
If trod upon, a worm
Will turn again.
The Spanish Gipsy (Constanza), Act V, Scene I
300. Set a thief to catch a thief.