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. Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Silas Marner (Nancy), Chap. XVIII
218. Faint heart faire lady ne’er could win.
Brittain’s Ida, Can. V, St. I
219.
There swims no goose so grey,
but soon or late
She finds some honest gander for her mate.
The Wife of Bath, line 98
220. Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.
Ethical Philosophy
221.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Elegy in a Country Churchyard
222. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section II, Member IV