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.
463. Remorse begets reform.
The Task, Bk V, line 618
464.
It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV
465.
Sweet tastes have sour closes;
And he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Emblems, Bk I, No. 7
466. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.
Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX
467. Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
Political Essays, On the Clerical Character
468. By the bird’s song ye may learn the nest.
Geraint and Enid