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.
475. Wives are young men’s mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men’s nurses.
Essay VIII, Of Marriage and Single Life
476.
That in the captain’s but a cholerick word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene III
477. Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
Letter to his Son. Dublin Castle, 19th November, 1745
478. ’Tis the good reader that makes the good book.
Success
479.
It is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV
480.
A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart,
But it’s innocence and modesty
That polishes the dart.
My Handsome Nell