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.
427. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Henry IV, Pt II (King Henry), Act III, Scene I
428. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?
Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences
429.
A man loveth more tenderlie
The thing that he hath bought most dere.
Romaunt of the Rose, line 2737
430. Prevention is better than cure.
431.
Read Homer once, and you can read no more,
For all books else appear so mean, and poor;
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
Essay on Poetry
432.
He only judges right who weighs, compares,
And, in the sternest sentence which his voice
Pronounces, ne’er abandons charity.
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt. II, I