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.
433.
Beauties are tyrants, and if they can reign
They have no feeling for their subject’s pain;
Their victim’s anguish gives their charms applause,
And their chief glory is the woe they cause.
The Patron
434.
But the age of chivalry is gone.
That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;
and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Reflections on the French Revolution
435. Better a little chiding than a great deal of heart-break.
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Mrs Page), Act V,
Scene III
436.
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.
Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I
437. Posterity, that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment.
Essay on Machiavelli
438. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29