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.
343. ‘Men are more eloquent than women made.’ ‘But women are more powerful to persuade.’
Amyntas, Prologue
344.
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
345. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
Arcadia, Bk I
346.
Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
347. He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State, of Self-Praising
348.
Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself or his own virtue.
Alfred, Act I, Scene I