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.
91.
The first act’s doubtful, but we say
It is the last commends the play.
Hesperides, 225
92. He that will not use the rod on his child, his child shall be used as a rod on him.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State,
The Good Parent.
93. Like master, like man.
94.
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act II, Scene IV
95.
There’s a new tribunal now
Higher than God’s — the educated man’s!
The Ring and the Book, X, line 1977
96. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning.
The Idler, No. 70