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.
13. Use not to lie, for that is unhonest: speak not every truth, for that is unneedful; yes, in time and place, a harmless lie is a great deal better than a hurtful truth.
Letter to Mr C. Howe
14. An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Letter to his Son, 9th October, 1746
15. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII
16.
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Cato (Cato), Act II, Scene I
17. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
Comedy of Errors (Luciana), Act III, Scene II
18.
Fame, like water, bears up the lighter things,
And lets the weighty sink.
The Adventures of Five Hours (Don Antonio), Act II.