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.
811. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp.
Lacon, V
812. Necessity is the mother of invention.
813.
He only judges right who weighs, compares,
And, in the sternest sentence which his voice
Pronounces, ne’er abandons charity.
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. II, I
814.
Man is a creature of a wilful head,
And hardly driven is, but eas’ly led.
The Queen’s Arcadia (Ergastus), Act IV, Scene V
815.
You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.
Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise
816.
Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.
The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III