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.
So many are
The sufferings which no human aid can reach,
It needs must be a duty doubly sweet
To heal the few we can.
Zapolya, Pt II
542. In Folly’s cup still laughs the bubble, Joy.
Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 288
543. If thou would’st be happy, learn to please.
Solomon, Bk II, line 266
544. Grief best is pleas’d with grief’s society.
Rape of Lucrece, St. 159
545.
Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.
The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III
546. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX