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.
Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flower.
In Memoriam, CXXXI
272. Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Lacon, CCXVII
273. If thou wilt go seek for a thief, no wonder if thou be robbed.
Christian Ethics
274. He who has the truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
The Stones of Venice, Infidelitas, §99.
275. Damn with faint praise.
Prologue to the Satires
276. Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Letter. When Viceroy of Ireland.