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.
That in the captain’s but a cholerick word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene III
410.
Tir’d Nature’s sweet restorer, balmy sleep,
He, like the world, his ready visit pays
Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes:
Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe,
And lights on lids unsully’d with a tear.
Night Thoughts, Night I, line 1
411.
It is excellent
To have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.
Measure for Measure (Isabella), Act II, Scene II
412.
Be proud of those strong sons of thine
Who wrenched their rights from thee!
England and America
413. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
414.
Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.
Civil War, Bk VI, XIV