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.
517.
Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.
The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII
518.
He only judges right who weighs, compares,
And, in the sternest sentence which his voice
Pronounces, ne’er abandons charity.
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. II, I
519. The love of money is the root of all evil.
1 Timothy 6:10
520. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
The Tatler, No. 147
521.
Who hears music, feels his solitude
Peopled at once.
Balaustion’s Adventure
522.
’Tis hard for kings to steer an equal course,
And they who banish one oft gain a worse.
Tarquin and Tullia