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.
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
Lady Clara Vere de Vere
728. Labour is but refreshment from repose.
Greenland, Can. 11
729.
A glorious charter, deny it who can,
Is breathed in the words, I’m an Englishman.
The Englishman
730.
Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war.
Sonnet XIX
731. For a king ’Tis sometimes better to be fear’d than loved.
Sardanapalus (Myrrha), Act I, Scene III
732.
Fame, like water, bears up the lighter things,
And lets the weighty sink.
The Adventures of Five Hours (Don Antonio), Act II.