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.
1351. Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
Letter to Lord Wentworth
1352.
The drying up a single tear has more
Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 3
1353.
The childhood shews the man,
As morning shews the day.
Paradise Regained, Bk IV, line 220
1354. He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.
Christian Morals, Pt I, XXXIV
1355. Better not do the deed than weep it done.
Henry and Emma
1356.
Accursed is the march of that glory
Which treads o’er the hearts of the free.
Irish Melodies, Forget not the Fiel