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. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII
344.
Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.
The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines
345.
At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II
346. Women’s weapons, water-drops.
King Lear (Lear), Act II, Scene IV
347. To judge wisely I suppose we must know how things appear to the unwise.
Daniel Deronda, Bk IV, Chap. XXIX
348. Nothing wins a man sooner than a good turn.
Anatomy of Melancholy, Part III, Sect I,
Mem. II, Subs. I