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.
949.
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.
950.
He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.
Cruelty and Lust, line 399
951. He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
Essays of Elia, All Fools’ Day
952.
The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.
Zapolya, Sc. I
953. Two heads are better than one.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. IX
954.
Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
The Old Bachelor (Sharper), Act V, Scene VIII