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.
787. None think the great unhappy but the great.
Love of Fame, Sat. I
788. None but the brave deserves the fair.
Alexander’s Feast
789. Friends are as dangerous as enemies.
Essay on Schlosser’s Literary History
790. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.
The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I
791.
These are the English arts, these we profess,
To be the same in misery and success;
To teach oppressors laws, assist the good,
Relieve the wretched, and subdue the proud.
The Man of Honour
792.
Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.
Chastelar