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.
709. There’s no erring twice in love and war.
Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88
710.
Ignorance of better things makes man,
Who cannot much, rejoice in what he can.
Retirement
711.
War is honourable
In those who do their native rights maintain;
In those whose swords an iron barrier are
Between the lawless spoiler and the weak.
Ethwuld (Hereulf), Act I, Scene III
712. There is no error to be named, which has not had its professors; and a man shall never want crooked paths to walk in, if he thinks that he is in the right way, wherever he has the footsteps of others to follow.
Essay on the Hitman Understanding, Bk IV, Chap. XX,
Sec. 17
713. When the stool’s rotten enough, no matter who sits on it.
Scenes from Clerical Life, Amos Barton (Mr Hackit)
714. No furniture so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.
Memoirs, Chap IX