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.
313. Great men are too often unknown, or, what is worse, misknown.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. III
314.
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677
315. ’Tis not the fight that crowns but the end.
Hesperides, 341
316. Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.
Annus Mirabilis, LXXVI
317.
’Tis not in mortals to command success;
But we’ll do more, Sempronius: we’ll deserve it.
Cato (Portius), Act I, Scene II
318. Women’s weapons, water-drops.
King Lear (Lear), Act II, Scene IV