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.
367.
Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Tam o’ Shanter
368. A heavy purse makes a light heart
The New Inn (Host), Act I, Scene I
369. He’s best at ease that meddleth least.
Fair Em, the Miller’s Daughter of Manchester, (Manville),
Act III, Scene XVII, line 1383
370.
Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man that mocks at it and sets it light.
Richard II (Gaunt), Act I, Scene III
371.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
372. They stumble, that run fast.
Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), Act II,
Scene III