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.
355.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
Gotham, line 107
356. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp.
Lacon, V
357.
Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.
Chastelar
358. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.
Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants
359. Posterity, that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment.
Essay on Machiavelli
360. There is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour.
The Tatler, No. 97