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.
1489.
A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.
Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I
1490. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
1491.
What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.
Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II
1492.
He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
Who shuns the hives because the bees have stings.
Locrine (Hubba), Act III, Scene II
1493. Man seeks his own good at the whole world’s cost.
Luria (Braccio), Act I.
1494.
Generous commerce binds
The round of nations in a golden chain.
Seasons, Summer, line 138