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.
535.
A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse,
Gathers together more gazers than if it shined out.
The Country Wife (Alithea), Act III, Scene I
536. Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Essay L, On Studies
537. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
538. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.
The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I
539. Great talkers are never great doers.
Blurt, Master-Constable (Third Lady), Act Scene I
540.
England, with all thy faults, I love thee still —
My country! and while yet a nook is left
Where English minds and manners may be found,
Shall be constrain’d to love thee.
The Task, Bk II, line 206