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.
481. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.
The Island, Can. I, VI
482. Many little leaks may sink a ship.
Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.
483.
The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.
Zapolya, Sc. I
484. The course of true love never did run smooth.
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lysander), Act I, Scene I
485.
It is the bright day, that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking.
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act II, Scene I
486. For hyt is commynly sayd ‘Many yes see bettur than one’.
England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk I,
Ch. IV, 3 (Pole)