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.
79. What reason weaves, by Passion is undone.
Essay on Man, Ep. II, line 42
80.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
81. Men are valued not for what they are, but what they seem to be.
Money (Sir John Vesey), Act I, Scene I
82.
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.
Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I
83. 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)
84. The course of true love never did run smooth.
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I