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.
187.
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act II, Scene IV
188.
How sour sweet music is,
When time is broke, and no proportion kept!
So is it in the music of men’s lives.
Richard II (Richard), Act V, Scene V
189.
These are the English arts, these we profess,
To be the same in misery and success;
To teach oppressors laws, assist the good,
Relieve the wretched, and subdue the proud.
The Man of Honour
190.
A foole I doe him firmely hold,
That loves his fetters, though they were of gold.
Faerie Queene, Bk III, Can. IX, St. 8
191.
Learning by study must be won,
’Twas ne’er entailed from son to son.
Fable XI, Pt II
192. There is properly no history, only biography.
History