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.
703. A bad excuse is better, they say, than none at all.
The Schoole of Abuse
704.
Ah! better to love in the lowliest cot
Than pine in a palace, alone.
Chastelar
705. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.
The Wedding (Traveller)
706.
Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.
Hesperides, 121
707. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
708.
What female heart can gold despise?
What cat’s averse to fish?
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat