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.
469. Hunger makes coarse meats delicate.
Hesperides, 107
470.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV
471.
Friendship’s the privilege
Of private men; for wretched greatness knows
No blessing so substantial.
The Loyal General
472. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Laconics: Or, New Maxims of State and Conversation (attributed)
473.
Better build schoolrooms for the boy,
Than cells and gibbets for the man.
A Song for the Ragged Schools
474.
’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.
The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296