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.
145. Physician, heal thyself.
Luke 4:23
146.
Men cast the blame of their unprosperous acts
Upon the abettors of their weak resolve;
Or anything but their weak guilty selves.
The Cenci (Orsino), Act V, Scene I
147.
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Cato (Cato), Act II, Scene I
148. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk I, Ch. VIII
149.
There is one road
To peace, and that is truth, which follow ye;
Love sometimes leads astray to misery.
Julian and Maddalo
150.
Ah, better to love in the lowliest cot
Than to reign in a palace, alone.
Chastelar