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.
463. ‘Orthodoxy, my lord,’ said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, ‘orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy is another man’s doxy.’
Memoirs, Vol. I, p. 372
464. Cut thy coat according to thy cloth.
Euphues and his England
465. A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.
Julius Caesar (Cassius), Act IV
466. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V
467.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike
As if we had them not.
Measure for Measure (Duke), Act I, Scene I
468.
No rock so hard but that a little wave
May beat admission in a thousand years.
The Princess