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.
727. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Act III, Scene II
728.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
King Lear (Lear), Act I, Scene IV
729.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
730. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.
Jacula Prudentum
731. Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I
732. When the stool’s rotten enough, no matter who sits on it.
Scenes from Clerical Life, Amos Barton (Mr Hackit)