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.
277.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits,
Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.
All’s Well that Ends Well (Helena), Act II,
Scene I
278. What cannot be cured must be endured.
279. One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene V
280. A friend ought to shun no pain, to stand his friend in stead.
Damon and Pithias (Carisophus)
281.
From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.
The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I
282. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.
Jacula Prudentum