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.
217.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
The Mourning Bride (Zara), Act III, Scene VIII
218. Fast bind, fast find.
The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Act II, Scene V
219.
Hard is the task of justice, where distress
Excites our mercy, yet demands redress.
The Heroick Daughter (King), Act III, last lines
220. Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.
Guesses at Truth
221. He pays the half who does confess the debt.
Hesperides, 226
222.
There smiles no Paradise on earth so fair
But guilt will raise avenging phantoms there.
The Abencerrage, Can. 1