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.
1489.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
Gotham, line 107
1490.
Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
Excessive grief the enemy to the living.
All’s Well that Ends Well (Lafeu), Act I, Scene I
1491.
For when the power of imparting joy
Is equal to the will, the human soul
Requires no other heaven.
Queen Mab, II
1492.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.
Retirement, line 623
1493. Mock not the cobbler for his black thumbs.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State: Of Jesting.
1494.
In cases of defence ’tis best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems.
Henry V (Dauphin), Act II, Scene IV