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.
691. It is an ill winde turnes none to good.
Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, No. 13
692.
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677
693.
Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought,
But Genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Letter X. To Congreve, on the Double Dealer
694.
Better, tho’ difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, tho’ easy, where the end is wo.
Pilgrim’s Progress
695. What signifies a few foolish angry words? they don’t break bones, nor give black eyes.
The Militant Couple (Bellair)
696.
Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
On Roscommon’s Translation of De Arte Poetica