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.
103. It’s ill livin’ in a hen-roost for them as doesn’t like fleas.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)
104.
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Cato (Cato), Act II, Scene I
105. When the stool’s rotten enough, no matter who sits on it.
Scenes from Clerical Life, Amos Barton (Mr Hackit)
106.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV
107.
Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309
108.
He that strives not to stem his anger’s tide,
Does a wild horse without a bridle ride.
Love’s Last Shift, Act III, Scene I, last lines