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.
541. Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Letter to J. Boswell, Esq., 1766
542. He makes a foe who makes a jest.
Fables, Pt. I, XLVI
543. They only babble who practise not reflection.
Pizarro (Elvira), Act I, Scene I
544. He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
Essays of Elia, All Fools’ Day
545. The harder match’d, the greater victory.
Henry VI, Pt III. (King Edward), Act V, Scene I
546.
Our discontent is from comparison,
Were better states unseen, each man would like his own.
The Consolation, St. 2