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.
He’s truly valiant, that can wisely suffer
The worst that men can breathe.
Timon of Athens (First Senator), Act III, Scene V
710. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.
Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I
711.
Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.
Hesperides, 121
712.
You must practise
The manners of the time, if you intend
To have favour from it.
The Unnatural Combat (Montreville), Act I, Scene I
713.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said,
This is my own, my native land ?
Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d,
As home his footsteps he hath turn’d,
From wandering on a foreign strand?
The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Can. VI, I
714. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience companions her.
The Ethics of the Dust, The Crystal Orders