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.
193. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
194. Them as ha’ never had a cushion don’t miss it.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser), Bk VI Chap. XLIX
195.
Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,
Yet love breaks through, and picks them all at last.
Venus and Adonis, 96
196. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Sentimental Journey
197. The cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull.
Quoted by Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Essay XV, Of Seditions and Troubles
198. None think the great unhappy but the great.
Love of Fame, Sat. I