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.
409. He that will not use the rod on his child, his child shall be used as a rod on him.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State,
The Good Parent.
410.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Elegy in a Country Churchyard
411.
I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek
That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.
(Trans. — I hold a mouse's heart not worth a leek
That has but one hole to run to.)
Wife of Bath’s Prologue, line 572
412. A patient man’s a pattern for a king.
The Honest Whore, Pt II (Duke), last line
413. Curses, like young chickens, come home to roost.
The Curse of Kehama
414.
Who will not mercie unto others show,
How can he mercie ever hope to have?
The Faerie Queene, Bk IV, Can. I, St. 42