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.
235.
Friendship’s like musick; two strings tun’d alike,
Will both stirre; though only one you strike.
Job Militant, Sec 7, Med. 7
236. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX
237. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Henry VI, Pt III (Queen Elizabeth),
Act IV, Scene IV
238.
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
239.
Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309
240. There’s no erring twice in love and war.
Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88