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.
1177.
Reputation is what men and women think of us.
Character is what God and angels know of us.
1178. Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Thoughts on Various Subjects
1179.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III
1180. Need hath no law.
Piers the Plowman, Passus XXIII, line 10
1181. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.
Sonnet V. A Complaint
1182. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
Lacon, CCLXXXVI