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.
307. Prevention is better than cure.
308.
He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
Who shuns the hives because the bees have stings.
Locrine (Hubba), Act III, Scene II
309. The greatest clerks ben not the wisest men.
The Miller’s Tale
310.
These are the English arts, these we profess,
To be the same in misery and success;
To teach oppressors laws, assist the good,
Relieve the wretched, and subdue the proud.
The Man of Honour
311. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.
The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II
312. If the Poet be born, not made, is it not because he is born to sympathise with what he has never experienced?
What will he Do with It? (George Morley), Bk XII,
Ch. II