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.
685. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
Discoveries
686. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.
The Island, Can. I, VI
687.
Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.
Chastelar
688.
Sweet are the uses of adversity ;
Which like the toad ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
As You Like It (Duke Senior), Act II, Scene I
689.
The first act’s doubtful, but we say
It is the last commends the play.
Hesperides, 225
690. Love’s a blind guide, and those that follow him too often lose their way.
Woman’s Wit (Emilia), Act I., Scene I.