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.
1321. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.
Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX
1322.
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act II, Scene IV
1323. Love me, love my dog.
1324. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.
The Rosciad, line 1039
1325. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.
Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3
1326.
Things past recovery
Are hardly cured with exclamations.
The Jew of Malta (Barabbas), Act I, Scene II