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.
499.
In vaine he seeketh others to suppresse,
Who hath not learnd himselfe first to subdue.
Faerie Queene, Bk VI, Can. I, St. 41
500.
Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
The Old Bachelor (Sharper), Act V, Scene VIII
501.
A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.
Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III
502. A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.
Julius Caesar (Cassius), Act IV
503. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Ephesians 4:26
504.
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night