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.
571.
A man may well bring a horse to the water,
But he cannot make him drinke without he will.
Proverbs, Bk I Chap. XI
572. Avarice, the spur of industry.
Essay XII: Of Civil Liberty
573.
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.
Old Mortality, Ch. XXXIV
574.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Elegy in a Country Churchyard
575. The cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull.
Quoted by Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Essay XV, Of Seditions and Troubles
576. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.