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.
703. Never less alone than when alone.
Human Life
704.
He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.
Cruelty and Lust, line 399
705.
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night
706. ’Tis easier to advise ‘bear up,’ than bear.
Balaustion’s Adventure
707. No man’s a faithful judge in his own cause.
The Bashful Lover (Alonzo), Act II, Scene VII
708. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
The Comedy of Errors (Dromio), Act IV, Scene III