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.
55. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.
Galatians 6:7
56.
O woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
And variable as the shade
By the light quivering aspen made;
When pain and anguish wring the brow,
A ministering angel thou!
Marmion, Can. VI, XXX
57.
Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.
Civil War, Bk VI, XIV
58. By the bird’s song ye may learn the nest.
Geraint and Enid
59. Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI
60. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V