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.
745. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
Romola, Chap. XXXIX
746. Liars should have good memories.
747.
How were pity understood
Unless by pain?
Parleyings with Certain People: Francis Farini
748. Plenty and peace breeds cowards; hardness ever of hardiness is mother.
Cymbeline (Imogen), Act III, Scene VI
749. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Laconics: Or, New Maxims of State and Conversation (attributed)
750.
Ah, better to love in the lowliest cot
Than to reign in a palace, alone.
Chastelar