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.
1321. Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.
Lacon, CCXLV
1322. Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
Emblems, Bk II
1323.
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II
1324. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.
Spectator, No. 248
1325. When ingratitude barbs the dart of injury, the wound has double danger in it.
The School for Scandal (Jos. Surface), Act IV, Scene III
1326. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
Endymion, line 1