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. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.
Lacon, I
188. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V
189. Out of sight, out of minde.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II
190. A patient man’s a pattern for a king.
The Honest Whore, Pt II (Duke), last line
191.
Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.
The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines
192.
’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I