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.
265. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III
266.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
267. By the bird’s song ye may learn the nest.
Geraint and Enid
268.
The first act’s doubtful, but we say
It is the last commends the play.
Hesperides, 225
269.
The world agrees,
That he writes well who thinks with ease;
Then he, by sequel logical,
Writes best who never thinks at all.
Epistle to Fleetwood Shephard
270.
O what’s a table richly spread,
Without a woman at its head!
The Progress of Discontent