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.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged comrade.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
356. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III
357. Veracity is the heart of morality.
Science and Culture,
Universities Actual and Ideal
358. Who is worse shod than the shoemaker’s wife?
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. XI
359. Can man be free if woman be a slave?
The Revolt of Islam, II, XLIII
360.
For Luff is off sa mekill mycht,
That it all paynys makis lycht.
(Trans. — Love is of such great might,
That it all pains makes light.)
The Bruce, Bk II, line 520