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.
535. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII
536. Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.
Guesses at Truth
537. They who possess the prince possess the laws.
Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 476
538. In Folly’s cup still laughs the bubble, Joy.
Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 288
539. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
The Tempest (Trinculo), Act II, Scene II
540. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.
Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV