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.
343.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
344. Knowledge is power.
Meditationes Sacra, De Haeresibus
345. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.
Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42
346.
A man may cry Church! Church! at ev’ry word.
With no more piety than other people —
A daw’s not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Ode to Rae Wilson Esq.
347. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I
348. There is truth in falsehood, falsehood in truth.
A Soul’s Tragedy , Act II