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.
283. Great men are too often unknown, or, what is worse, misknown.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. III
284.
That man that hath a tongue I say is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine),
Act III, Scene I
285. No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.
Romola (Pietro Cennini), Bk I, Ch. IX
286.
The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the
Sabbath.
Mark 2:27
287.
Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Emblems, Bk I, No. 7
288. Beauty is but skin deep.