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.
535. The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Political Essays. On the Connection between
Toad Eaters and Tyrants.
536.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
Gotham, line 107
537.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
Hesperides, 208
538.
A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.
Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III
539. Out of sight, out of minde.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II
540.
An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.
Retirement, line 681