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.
127. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
128. Jesters do oft prove prophets.
King Lear (Regan), Act V, Scene III
129. When ingratitude barbs the dart of injury, the wound has double danger in it.
The School for Scandal (Jos. Surface), Act IV, Scene III
130. There is properly no history, only biography.
History
131. Man seeks his own good at the whole world’s cost.
Luria (Braccio), Act I.
132. A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
Proverbial Philosophy. Of Reading, line 14