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.
1279. Maken vertue of necessite.
The Knight’s Tale, line 3044
1280. The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, — the only good belonging to him is under ground.
(Attributed)
1281. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29
1282.
Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Emblems, Bk I, No. 7
1283. No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others.
Life of Johnson
1284. There is no state in Europe where the least wise have not governed the most wise.
Imaginary Conversations, Rousseau and Malesherbes