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.
475. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.
The Wedding (Traveller)
476.
Sweet are the uses of adversity ;
Which like the toad ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
As You Like It (Duke Senior), Act II, Scene I
477. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The Traveller, line 386
478. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.
Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life
479. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?
Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences
480.
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