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.
697.
To be, or not to be, — that is the question —
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them?
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene I
698.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
King Lear (Lear), Act I, Scene IV
699.
’Tis not in mortals to command success;
But we’ll do more, Sempronius: we’ll deserve it.
Cato (Portius), Act I, Scene II
700.
Be England what she will,
With all her faults, she is my country still.
The Farewell, line 27
701. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29
702. Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Letter to J. Boswell, Esq., 1766