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.
85.
To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.
Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11
86. Time and tide stay no man’s pleasure.
Loss in Delay
87.
Men cast the blame of their unprosperous acts
Upon the abettors of their weak resolve;
Or anything but their weak guilty selves.
The Cenci (Orsino), Act V, Scene I
88. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I
89.
A glorious charter, deny it who can,
Is breathed in the words, I’m an Englishman.
The Englishman
90.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Paradise Lost, Bk IX, line 171