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.
37. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.
The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I
38. The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, — the only good belonging to him is under ground.
(Attributed)
39. That only disadvantage of honest hearts, credulity.
Arcadia, Bk II
40.
Revenge, at first though sweet,
Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
Paradise Lost, Bk IX, line 171
41. Hunger makes coarse meats delicate.
Hesperides, 107
42.
Friendship’s the privilege
Of private men; for wretched greatness knows
No blessing so substantial.
The Loyal General