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.
499.
’Tis not what man Does which exalts him,
But what man Would do!
Saul, XVIII
500.
More liberty begets desire of more;
The hunger still increases with the store.
The Hind and the Panther, Pt I, line 519
501.
The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act V, Scene I
502. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind
503. The better part of valour is discretion.
Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act V, Scene IV
504. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.
Sonnet V. A Complaint