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.
Genius, like all heavenly light,
Can blast as well as bless the sight.
Stanzas to the Author of Mont Blanc
1208. Necessity never made a good bargain.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
1209. The best of men have ever loved repose.
The Castle of Indolence, I, line 17
1210.
What’s gone, and what’s past help,
Should be past grief.
A Winter’s Tale (Paulina), Act III, Scene II
1211. Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Letter to his Son. Dublin Castle, 19th November, 1745
1212. He pays the half who does confess the debt.
Hesperides, 226