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.
385.
O woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
And variable as the shade
By the light quivering aspen made;
When pain and anguish wring the brow,
A ministering angel thou!
Marmion, Can. VI, XXX
386. A halter made of silk’s a halter still.
Love in a Riddle (Damon), Act II, Scene I
387. Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Letter. When Viceroy of Ireland.
388. Set a thief to catch a thief.
389.
At lover’s perjuries,
They say, Jove laughs.
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II
390. Swift instinct leaps; slow Reason feebly climbs.
Night Thoughts, Night VII, line 82