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.
Speak not in the hearing of a fool;
For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:9
452.
Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.
The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII
453. All is not gold that glisters.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. X
454.
Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead,
Excessive grief the enemy to the living.
All’s Well that Ends Well (Lafeu), Act I, Scene I
455. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Sentimental Journey
456. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Twelfth Night (Clown), Act I, Scene V