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.
451. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
452.
Alas! we make
A ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,
But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolves
Look down upon our slumbering acts.
A History of the Lyre
453. Two heads are better than one.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. IX
454.
But the age of chivalry is gone.
That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;
and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Reflections on the French Revolution
455. It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.
Maxims, 303.
456.
Guiltiness will speak
Though tongues were out of use.
Othello (Iago), Act V, Scene I