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.
397. The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
Preface to his Dictionary
398. A brother’s sufferings claim a brother’s pity.
Cato (Marcus), Act I, Scene I
399.
To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.
Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11
400. It’s ill livin’ in a hen-roost for them as doesn’t like fleas.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)
401. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
Song, ‘Home, Sweet Home’. From his Opera, ‘Clari, The Maid of Milan’
402.
The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.
They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair