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. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
Romola, Chap. XXXIX
1280.
Society is now one polish’d horde,
Form’d of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.
Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 95
1281. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Ephesians 4:26
1282. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.
The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711
1283.
True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83
1284. Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
Essay on Criticism, Pt III, line 574