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.
271. The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act III, Scene I
272.
’Tis hard for kings to steer an equal course,
And they who banish one oft gain a worse.
Tarquin and Tullia
273. It is an ill winde turnes none to good.
Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, No. 13
274. Equality is no rule in Love’s grammar.
The Maid in the Mill (Antonio), Act II, Scene II
275. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III
276.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III