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.
199.
What custom hath endear’d
We part with sadly, though we prize it not.
Basil (Rosmberg), Act I, Scene II
200. He that is giddy, thinks the world turns round.
Taming of the Shrew (Katharina), Act V, Scene II
201. Language is the dress of thought.
Lives of the Poets, Cowley
202.
Truth is always strange, —
Stranger than fiction.
Don Juan, Can. XIV, St. 101
203.
Fashion too often makes a monstrous noise,
Bids us, a fickle jade, like fools adore
The poorest trash, the meanest toys.
Odes to the Royal Academicians, XI
204.
Good is best when soonest wrought,
Linger’d labours come to nought.
Loss in Delay