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.
373. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
Song, ‘Home, Sweet Home’. From his Opera, ‘Clari, The Maid of Milan’
374. The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.
375.
Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep,
Than doth a rich embroider’d canopy
To kings, that fear their subjects’ treachery?
Henry VI, Pt III (King Henry), Act II, Scene V
376.
In cases of defence ’tis best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems.
Henry V (Dauphin), Act II, Scene IV
377. The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
Vanity Fair, Chap. II
378. All is not gold that glisters.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. X