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.
217.
Fame, like water, bears up the lighter things,
And lets the weighty sink.
The Adventures of Five Hours (Don Antonio), Act II.
218.
An idler is a watch that wants both hands;
As useless when it goes as when it stands.
Retirement, line 681
219.
The evil that men do lives after them ;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
Julius Caesar (Antony), Act III, Scene II
220. Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Richard II (Gaunt), Act II, Scene I
221. Good counsellors lack no clients.
Measure for Measure (Pompey), Act I, Scene I
222.
Society is now one polish’d horde,
Form’d of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.
Don Juan, Can. VIII, St. 95