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.
961. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk I, Ch. VIII
962. Fast bind, fast find.
The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Act II, Scene V
963. Need hath no law.
Piers the Plowman, Passus XXIII, line 10
964. Talkers are no great doers.
Richard III (1st Murderer), Act I, Scene III
965. The best of men have ever loved repose.
The Castle of Indolence, I, line 17
966.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Elegy in a Country Churchyard