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.
157.
A custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV
158. The pen is mightier than the sword.
Richelieu (Richelieu), Act II, Scene II
159.
England, with all thy faults, I love thee still —
My country! and while yet a nook is left
Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain’d to love thee.
The Task, Bk II, line 206
160. They only babble who practise not reflection.
Pizarro (Elvira), Act I, Scene I
161. When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Ernest Maltravers, Bk VI, Chap. V
162.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone,
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
Othello (Duke), Act I, Scene II