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.
211.
You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.
Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise
212. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
The Tatler, No. 147
213. Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Pericles (Pericles), Act I, Scene I
214.
Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309
215. The tree is known by his fruit.
Matthew 12:33
216.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Essay on Man