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.
481.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
King John (King), Act IV, Scene II
482. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29
483. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience companions her.
The Ethics of the Dust, The Crystal Orders
484.
’Tis not enough to help the feeble up,
But to support him after.
Timon of Athens (Timon), Act I, Scene I
485. There is no error to be named, which has not had its professors; and a man shall never want crooked paths to walk in, if he thinks that he is in the right way, wherever he has the footsteps of others to follow.
Essay on the Hitman Understanding, Bk IV, Chap. XX,
Sec. 17
486.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Essay on Man