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.
445. Friends are not so easily made as kept.
Maxims of State, XII
446.
That which in mean men we entitle patience,
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
Richard II (Duchess of Gloster), Act I, Scene II
447. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.
The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II
448. Eke wonder last but nine daies never in town.
Troilus and Cresseide
449. Every difficulty yields to the enterprising.
The Votary of Wealth (Leonard), Act IV., Scene I.
450.
Men cast the blame of their unprosperous acts
Upon the abettors of their weak resolve;
Or anything but their weak guilty selves.
The Cenci (Orsino), Act V, Scene I