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.
619. That only disadvantage of honest hearts, credulity.
Arcadia, Bk II
620. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.
Thoughts on Various Subjects
621. What should they know of England who only England know?
The English Flag
622. Second thoughts are best.
623.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III
624. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Henry VI, Pt III (Queen Elizabeth),
Act IV, Scene IV