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.
697. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.
The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I
698.
What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.
A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II
699.
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.
Old Mortality, Ch. XXXIV
700. It’s a poor heart that never rejoices.
701. Cut thy coat according to thy cloth.
Euphues and his England
702. The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, — the only good belonging to him is under ground.
(Attributed)