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.
121.
Who has not known ill fortune, never knew
Himself or his own virtue.
Alfred, Act I, Scene I
122. Haste makes waste, and waste makes want, and want makes strife between the good man and his wife.
123. Plenty and peace breeds cowards; hardness ever of hardiness is mother.
Cymbeline (Imogen), Act III, Scene VI
124. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.
Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV
125. Men take more pains to lose themselves than would be requisite to keep them in the right road.
The Broad Stone of Honour, Godefridus, X
126. Walls have ears.
Love in a Wood (Gripe), Act III., Scene III..