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.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI
410. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.
The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II
411. Maken vertue of necessite.
The Knight’s Tale, line 3044
412. Men’s behaviour should be like their apparell, not too strait, or point device, but free for exercise or motion.
Essay LII, Of Ceremonies and Respects
413. Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
Romola, Bk III, Ch. XLVIII
414. It’s ill livin’ in a hen-roost for them as doesn’t like fleas.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)