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.
727. One cannot eat one’s cake and have it too.
Thomas and Sally
728.
What strong mysterious links enchain the heart,
To regions where the morn of life was spent.
The Sabbath, line 404
729.
O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n devotion.
To a Louse
730. We must take our poets as we do our meals — as they are served up to us.
Obiter Dicta, Mr Browning’s Poetry
731.
An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
Alphonsus: Emperor of Germany (Collen), Act I.
732. He that will use all winds, must shift his sail.
The Faithful Shepherdess (Chloe), Act III,
Scene III