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.
403.
Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge
That no king can corrupt.
Henry VIII (Katharine), Act III, Scene I
404.
Who will not mercie unto others show,
How can he mercie ever hope to have?
The Faerie Queene, Bk IV, Can. I, St. 42
405. They only babble who practise not reflection.
Pizarro (Elvira), Act I, Scene I
406.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Paradise Lost, Bk IX, line 171
407. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:24
408. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I