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.
523. When th’ iron is hot, strike.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III
524.
The absent Danger greater still appears,
Less fears he who is near the thing he fears.
Tragedy of Cleopatra (Rodon), Act IV, Scene I
525. Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Letter to his Son. Dublin Castle, 19th November, 1745
526. How much lies in laughter: the cipher-key, wherewith we decipher the whole man.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. V
527.
But the age of chivalry is gone.
That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;
and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Reflections on the French Revolution
528. The harder match’d, the greater victory.
Henry VI, Pt III. (King Edward), Act V, Scene I