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.
Pride,
Howe’er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness.
Poems Written in Youth, VII
410.
That which we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it ; but being lack’d and lost,
Why, then we rack the value, then we find
The virtue that possession would not show us.
Much Ado about Nothing (Friar), Act IV, Scene I
411. Lernyng wythout vertue ys pernycyouse and pestylent.
England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk II, Ch. III
412.
Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old;
It is the rust we value, not the gold.
Imitations of Horace, Bk II, Ep. I
413. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matthew 6:34
414. What should they know of England who only England know?
The English Flag