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.
Heaven forfend that vengeance e’er should strike,
Ere justice doomed the blow.
The Fall of Robespierre, Act II
134. Mellow nuts have hardest rind.
Lord of the Isles, Can. III, XXL
135. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
136. Damn with faint praise.
Prologue to the Satires
137. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.
The Wedding (Traveller)
138.
Innocence is as an armed heel
To trample accusation.
The Cenci (Beatrice), Act IV, Scene IV