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.
211.
Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.
A History of the Lyre
212. Remembrance oft may start a tear.
Verses written under Violent Grief
213. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
Discoveries
214. The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him.
Proverbs 16:26
215.
Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Tam o’ Shanter
216. Necessity never made a good bargain.
Poor Richard’s Almanac