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.
1279. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II
1280.
Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.
In Memoriam, CXXXI
1281. Hot love soon colde.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. II
1282.
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever Fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates and calls for more.
Love of Fame, Sat. V, line 393
1283. Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Letter to his Son. Dublin Castle, 19th November, 1745
1284. There’s no erring twice in love and war.
Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88