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.
193.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648
194.
Marriage is a matter of more worth
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.
Henry VI, Pt I (Suffolk), Act V, Scene VI
195.
In fair virtue’s heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night
196. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Act II, Scene II
197.
Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
On Roscommon’s Translation of De Arte Poetica
198.
When fails our dearest friend,
There may be refuge with our direst foe.
The Wife (Mariana), Act V, Scene II