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.
181. The eye is traitor to the heart.
That the Eye bewrayeth, etc..
182.
Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.
Civil War, Bk VI, XIV
183. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 15:17
184. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.
Lacon, I
185.
True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83
186.
Generous commerce binds
The round of nations in a golden chain.
Seasons, Summer, line 138