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.
625. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind
626. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance
627.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
King John (King), Act IV, Scene II
628. Better one byrde in hand than ten in the wood.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI
629. It will never out of the flesh that’s bred in the bone.
Every Man in his Humour (Downright), Act II,
Scene I
630.
Fame, like water, bears up the lighter things,
And lets the weighty sink.
The Adventures of Five Hours (Don Antonio), Act II.