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. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Act III, Scene II
1208. Faint heart faire lady ne’er could win.
Brittain’s Ida, Can. V, St. I
1209.
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.
1210. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.
Success
1211. There is properly no history, only biography.
History
1212.
Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.
A History of the Lyre