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.
553. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.
The Rosciad, line 1039
554.
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.
Fables, Pt I, Fable XVII
555. Look ere ye leape.
Proverbs, Bk. I., Ch. II.
556. Birds of a feather will gather together.
557. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
558. Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Letters on the Regicide Peace, III, 1797