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.
643. Beggars must not be choosers.
The Provok’d Husband (Sir Francis), Act IV, Scene I
644.
Opinion governs all mankind,
Like the blind’s leading of the blind.
Miscellaneous Thoughts, line 269
645. Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
Proverbs 25:17
646.
That which in mean men we entitle patience,
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
Richard II (Duchess of Gloster), Act I, Scene II
647.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI
648. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII