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.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find;
Occasion, once past by, is bald behind.
Pyramus and Thisbe, XV
50.
Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.
Balaustion’s Adventure
51.
Get place and wealth, if possible with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Imitations of Horace, Bk I, Ep. I
52.
The first act’s doubtful, but we say
It is the last commends the play.
Hesperides, 225
53.
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.
Fables, Pt I, Fable XVII
54. For all our works a recompence is sure: ’Tis sweet to think on what was hard t’ endure.
Hesperides, 851