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.
49. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V
50.
A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.
Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III
51.
Repentance clothes in grass and flowers
The grave in which the past is laid.
The Penitent
52.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Paradise Lost, Bk IX, line 171
53. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.
The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I
54. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
Romola, Chap. XXXIX