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.
No rock so hard but that a little wave
May beat admission in a thousand years.
The Princess
158. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Twelfth Night (Clown), Act I, Scene V
159.
Read Homer once, and you can read no more,
For all books else appear so mean, and poor;
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
Essay on Poetry
160. Young twigges are sooner bent than old trees.
Euphues and his England
161. A man is never too old to learn.
Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I
162. That only disadvantage of honest hearts, credulity.
Arcadia, Bk II