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.
115.
Either sex alone
Is half itself and in true marriage lies
Nor equal, nor unequal.
The Princess, VII
116.
Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
117. The brain may devise laws for the blood; but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree!
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act I, Scene II
118.
There’s no wound deeper than a pen can give,
It makes men living dead, and dead men live.
A Kicksey-Winsey, Pt 7
119.
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night’s repose.
The Village Blacksmith
120. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.
Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V