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.
601. He makes no friend who never made a foe.
Launcelot and Elaine.
602.
Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense.
But good men starve for want of impudence.
Epilogue XII, To “Constantine the Great”
603. Life has no path so short as to renown !
King Arthur, Bk XII, CLXI
604.
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
605.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
606. The better wit is, the more dangerous is it.
Imaginary Conversations. Middleton and Magliabecchi