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.
253.
Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.
The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I
254.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
255. Better be happie than wise.
Proverbs, Bk II, Ch. VI
256.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s sun to thee may never rise.
Letter to Cobham
257.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Paradise Lost, Bk I, line 648
258. Politeness costs nothing, and gains everything.
Letters