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. Who bravely dares, must sometimes risk a fall.
Advice (Friend), line 208
470.
Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;
’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Othello (Iago), Act III, Scene III
471. The better part of valour is discretion.
Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act V, Scene IV
472. One ear it heard, at the other out it went.
Troilus and Cresscide, Bk IV, line 435
473.
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
474.
He that strives not to stem his anger’s tide,
Does a wild horse without a bridle ride.
Love’s Last Shift, Act III, Scene I, last lines