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.
1363. There is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour.
The Tatler, No. 97
1364.
Women, like princes, find few real friends:
All who approach them their own ends pursue;
Lovers and ministers are seldom true.
Advice to a Lady
1365. No love so true as love that dies untold.
The Mysterious Illness
1366.
Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes:
Antiquity and birth are needless here;
’Tis impudence and money makes a peer.
The True-born Englishman, Pt I
1367.
Ignorance of better things makes man,
Who cannot much, rejoice in what he can.
Retirement
1368. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.
The Golden Legend, IV