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.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
536.
He that wold not when he might,
He shall not when he wold-a.
The Baffled Knight, or Blow Away the Morning Dew
537.
’Tis hard for kings to steer an equal course,
And they who banish one oft gain a worse.
Tarquin and Tullia
538.
Ah, better to love in the lowliest cot
Than to reign in a palace, alone.
Chastelar
539. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies — seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
Lacon, CCLXXXVI
540.
He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke,
Submits his neck unto a second yoke.
Hesperides, 42