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.
439. How much lies in laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. V
440. Faint is the bliss, that never past thro’ pain.
Love in a Riddle (Iphis), Act III, Scene II
441. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II
442. He makes no friend who never made a foe.
Launcelot and Elaine.
443.
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever Fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates and calls for more.
Love of Fame, Sat. V, line 393
444.
’Tis not in mortals to command success;
But we’ll do more, Sempronius: we’ll deserve it.
Cato (Portius), Act I, Scene II