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.
127. There is no error to be named, which has not had its professors; and a man shall never want crooked paths to walk in, if he thinks that he is in the right way, wherever he has the footsteps of others to follow.
Essay on the Hitman Understanding, Bk IV, Chap. XX,
Sec. 17
128. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.
The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II
129.
He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.
Cruelty and Lust, line 399
130.
From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.
The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I
131. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind
132. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.
Civil War, Bk III, X