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.
139. He pays the half who does confess the debt.
Hesperides, 226
140. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.
Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42
141.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI
142. Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall he reap.
Galatians 6:7
143.
At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II
144. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.
Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I