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.
409.
’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.
The Monastery, Chap. XXIII
410. Maken vertue of necessite.
The Knight’s Tale, line 3044
411. Count not your chickens before they be hatch’d.
412. Manners makyth man.
Motto. Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England
413.
Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309
414. Our hours in Love have wings; in absence, crutches.
Xerxes (Tamira), Act IV, Scene III