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.
England, with all thy faults, I love thee still —
My country! and while yet a nook is left
Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain’d to love thee.
The Task, Bk II, line 206
308. He’s best at ease that meddleth least.
Fair Em, the Miller’s Daughter of Manchester, (Manville),
Act III, Scene XVII, line 1383
309.
Our deeds still travel with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are.
Middlemarch, Ch. LXX, head lines
310. Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Letter to his Son. Dublin Castle, 19th November, 1745
311.
Youth is subject to sudden fits of despondency.
Its hopes go up and down like a bucket in a draw-well.
Better Dead, Ch. III
312. ’Tis the taught already that profits by teaching.
Christmas Eve, No. IV