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.
589. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section II, Member IV
590. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.
Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX
591. It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable.
Silas Marner, Ch. XII
592.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee;
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XL
593.
He who at fifty is a fool,
Is far too stubborn grown for school.
Visions in Verse, Slander
594. To bear is to conquer our fate.
On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire