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.
541. He who wears his heart on his sleeve, will often have to lament that daws peck at it.
Essay on Schiller
542.
And those who live as models for the mass,
Are singly of more value than they all.
Luria (Tiburzio), Act V
543.
Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Tam o’ Shanter
544.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged mercury.
De Montfort (Rezenvelt), Act III, Scene II
545.
He who at fifty is a fool,
Is far too stubborn grown for school.
Visions in Verse, Slander
546.
Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.
Hesperides, 121