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.
433. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III
434.
I have no spur,
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself,
And falls on the other.
Macbeth (Macbeth), Act I, Scene VII
435. The course of true love never did run smooth.
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I
436. Copiousness of words, however ranged, is always false eloquence, though it will ever impose on some sort of understandings.
Letter to Comitess of Bute.
437. Time and tide stay no man’s pleasure.
Loss in Delay
438. Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
Letter to Lord Wentworth