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.
499. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.
The Rambler, No. 64
500.
Truth is always strange, —
Stranger than fiction.
Don Juan, Can. XIV, St. 101
501. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind
502.
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
503. A good heart’s worth gold.
Henry IV, Pt II (Hostess), Act II, Scene IV
504.
That all men would be cowards, if they dare,
Some men have had the courage to declare.
Tale I, line I