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.
907.
Either sex alone
Is half itself and in true marriage lies
Nor equal, nor unequal.
The Princess, VII
908.
The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.
They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair
909. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.
910.
Reputation is what men and women think of us.
Character is what God and angels know of us.
911. We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it.
Macbeth (Macbeth), Act III, Scene II
912.
Philosophy will clip an Angel’s wings,
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,
Empty the haunted air, the gnomèd mine —
Unweave a rainbow.
Lamia, II