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. A man’s disposition is never well known till he be crossed.
Advancement of Learning, Bk II
278. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
Romola, Chap. XXXIX
279. The course of true love never did run smooth.
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I
280.
The first act’s doubtful, but we say
It is the last commends the play.
Hesperides, 225
281. Great men are too often unknown, or, what is worse, misknown.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. III
282. He soonest looseth that despairs to win.
The Famous History of the Life and Death of
Captain Thomas Stukeley (Wife), line 711