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. He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
Essays of Elia, All Fools’ Day
1352.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us.
King Lear (Edgar), Act V, Scene III
1353. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good nature.
Spectator, No. 306
1354. Time and tide stay no man’s pleasure.
Loss in Delay
1355. If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
Science and Culture.
On Elementary Instruction in Physiology.
1356.
A willing heart adds feather to the heel,
And makes the clown a winged mercury.
De Montfort (Rezenvelt), Act III, Scene II