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.
565. My poverty but not my will consents.
Romeo and Juliet (Apothecary), Act V, Scene I
566. Great men do not play stage tricks with the doctrines of life and death: only little men do that.
Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 20
567. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
As recorded by James Boswell in his ‘Life of Johnson’
568. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Act II, Scene II
569.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
570. A death for love’s no death but martyrdom.
Revenge for Honour, Caropia, Act IV, Scene II