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.
175. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.
Sonnet V. A Complaint
176. If money go before, all ways do lie open.
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Ford), Act II,
Scene II
177. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk I, Ch. VIII
178. It’s ill livin’ in a hen-roost for them as doesn’t like fleas.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)
179. The true standard of equality is seated in the mind: those who think nobly are noble.
The Maid of the Mill (Lord Ainsworth),
Act II, Scene I
180. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.