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.
673. It is nat gode a sleping hounde to wake.
Troilus and Cresseide, Book III, line 764
674. One cannot eat one’s cake and have it too.
Thomas and Sally
675. Avarice, the spur of industry.
Essay XII: Of Civil Liberty
676. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Act II, Scene II
677. Sir, hell is paved with good intentions.
As given by James Boswell, in his Life of Johnson
678. A man’s vanity tells him what is honour, a man’s conscience what is justice.
Imaginary Conversations: Peter Leopold and President Du Paty (Leopold)