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.
385.
’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.
The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296
386. Every difficulty yields to the enterprising.
The Votary of Wealth (Leonard), Act IV., Scene I.
387. For every ‘why’ he had a ‘wherefore’.
Hudibras, Bk Can. I, line 131
388. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29
389.
It follows not, because
The hair is rough, the dog’s a savage one.
The Daughter (Norris), Act I, Scene I
390.
O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n devotion.
To a Louse