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.
517. One cannot eat one’s cake and have it too.
Thomas and Sally
518. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.
The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I
519. Beggars must not be choosers.
The Provok’d Husband (Sir Francis), Act IV, Scene I
520.
Your evidence was lame:— proceed:
Come, help your lame dog o’er the stile.
Poems, Upon the Horrid Plot etc. (Whig and Tory)
521. Old friends are best.
Table Talk. Friends
522. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind