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.
523.
Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.
The Old Bachelor (Sharper), Act V, Scene VIII
524.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III
525. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III
526.
Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire,
That’s a’ the learning I desire.
Epistle to L—k
527.
Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound,
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
Gotham, line 107
528. The clothing of our minds certainly ought to be regarded before that of our bodies.
Spectator, No. 75.