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.
133.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged comrade.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
134.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV
135. Time and tide stay no man’s pleasure.
Loss in Delay
136. Lovers ever run before the clock.
Merchant of Venice (Gratiano), Act II, Scene VI
137.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133
138.
What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.
Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II