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.
439.
Better build schoolrooms for the boy,
Than cells and gibbets for the man.
A Song for the Ragged Schools
440. When Fortune favours, none but fools will dally.
Epilogue VIII, To The Duke of Guise
441.
The law is blind, and speaks in general terms;
She cannot pity where occasion serves.
The Heir (Euphues), Act IV.
442.
One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.
Songs for Children, XXI
443.
Either sex alone
Is half itself and in true marriage lies
Nor equal, nor unequal.
The Princess, VII
444. Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Science and Culture,
The Coming of Age of the Origin of Species