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.
271. All is not gold that glisters.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. X
272.
Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.
In Memoriam, CXXXI
273.
Better, tho’ difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, tho’ easy, where the end is wo.
Pilgrim’s Progress
274. Friendship is seldom lasting, but between equals, or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.
The Rambler, No. 64
275. The burnt child dreads the fire.
The Devil is an Ass (Fitzdottrell), Act I,
Scene II
276. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.
The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II