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. The clothing of our minds certainly ought to be regarded before that of our bodies.
Spectator, No. 75.
1490. It’s a melancholy consideration indeed, that our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and that an increase of our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
The Good-Natured Man (Honey wood), Act I
1491.
The brave
Die never. Being deathless, they but change
Their country’s arms, for more, their country’s heart.
Festus (Festus), V
1492. Man proposeth, God disposeth.
Jacula Prudentum
1493.
What though youth gave love and roses.
Age still leaves us friends and wine.
Spring and Autumn
1494.
The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy;
And ’tis the crown of justice, and the glory,
Where it may kill with right, to save with pity.
The Lover’s Progress (Lisander), Act III., Scene III.