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.
619. Wit’s whetstone, Want.
Penniless Pilgrimage.
620.
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night
621.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133
622.
A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
Love’s Labour Lost (Rosaline), Act V, Sc. II
623. Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Thoughts on Various Subjects
624. Lovers ever run before the clock.
Merchant of Venice (Gratiano), Act II, Scene VI