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.
721.
Freedom, which in no other land will thrive,
Freedom, an English subject’s sole prerogative,
Without whose charms even peace would be
But a dull, quiet slavery.
Threnodia Augustalis (on the death of King Charles II in 1685)
722. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.
Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1758
723.
Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Tam o’ Shanter
724.
A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.
My Handsome Nell
725. Love stoops, as fondly as he soars.
Poems of the Fancy, XVIII.
726. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II