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.
625. The virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel.
The Vicar of Wakefield, Chap. V
626.
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.
Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I
627. A fool despiseth his father’s correction.
Proverbs 15:5
628. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act III, Scene I
629. It is one thing to shew a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
Essay on the Human Understanding, Bk IV, Ch VII, §11
630.
’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I