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.
325. Love’s tongue is in the eyes.
Piscatorie Eclogues, V, St. 13
326. Can man be free if woman be a slave?
The Revolt of Islam, II, XLIII
327.
A glorious charter, deny it who can,
Is breathed in the words, I’m an Englishman.
The Englishman
328. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind
329. Love is like linnen, often chang’d, the sweeter.
Sicelides (Cosma), Act III., Scene V.
330. There is no felicity upon earth, which carries not its counterpoise of misfortunes; no happiness which mounts so high, which is not depressed by some calamity.
Contemplation of the State of Man, Bk I, Chap. II