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.
1429.
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.
Old Mortality, Ch. XXXIV
1430. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.
The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II
1431.
Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
1432.
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies they themselves commit.
The Merchant of Venice (Jessica), Act II, Scene VI
1433. Those best can bear reproof, who merit praise.
Essay on Criticism, Ep III, line 24
1434.
Laws are vain, by which we right enjoy,
If kings unquestioned can those laws destroy.
Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 763