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.
1207. Posterity, that high court of appeal which is never tired of eulogising its own justice and discernment.
Essay on Machiavelli
1208. Politeness costs nothing, and gains everything.
Letters
1209.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
The Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), Act III,
Scene II
1210. The burnt child dreads the fire.
The Devil is an Ass (Fitzdottrell), Act I,
Scene II
1211. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII
1212.
It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV