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.
1477. One foul wind no more makes a winter, than one swallow makes a summer.
Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. XLIII
1478. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Pilgrim’s Progress (Interpreter), Book I
1479.
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever Fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates and calls for more.
Love of Fame, Sat. V, line 393
1480. Old friends are best.
Table Talk. Friends
1481. Cut thy coat according to thy cloth.
Euphues and his England
1482. She lookt as butter would not melt in her mouth.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch X