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.
7.
England, with all thy faults, I love thee still —
My country! and while yet a nook is left
Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain’d to love thee.
The Task, Bk II, line 206
8. He makes a foe who makes a jest.
Fables, Pt. I, XLVI
9.
He that is but able to express
No sense at all in several languages,
Will pass for learneder than he that’s known
To speak the strongest reason in his own.
Satire upon Human Learning, Pt I, line 65
10. One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene V
11. A man is never too old to learn.
Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I
12. Better be happie than wise.
Proverbs, Bk II, Ch. VI