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.
487.
I am a man
More sinn’d against than sinning.
King Lear (Lear), Act III, Scene II
488.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us.
King Lear (Edgar), Act V, Scene III
489. ‘Orthodoxy, my lord,’ said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, ‘orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man’s doxy.’
Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 372
490.
More liberty begets desire of more;
The hunger still increases with the store.
The Hind and the Panther, Pt I, line 519
491. By the bird’s song ye may learn the nest.
Geraint and Enid
492.
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act V, Scene I