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.
73. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
74. He who does evil that good may come, pays a toll to the devil to let him into heaven.
Guesses at Truth, Vol. II, p. 213
75.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be:
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
76.
Better build schoolrooms for the boy,
Than cells and gibbets for the man.
A Song for the Ragged Schools
77.
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II
78. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I