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.
The law is blind, and speaks in general terms;
She cannot pity where occasion serves.
The Heir (Euphues), Act IV.
698. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.
The Rosciad, line 1039
699. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.
Civil War, Bk III, X
700. The bitter goes before the sweet. Yea, and for as much as it doth, it makes the sweet the sweeter.
Pilgrim’s Progress (Timorous), Pt II
701. When the sunne shineth, make hay.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III
702. When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Ernest Maltravers, Bk VI, Chap. V