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.
667. Love me, love my dog.
668. More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse.
The Marriage of Wit and Science (Wit), Act IV, Sc. I
669. Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.
Emblems, Bk II
670. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.
Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX
671.
A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.
Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III
672.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find;
Occasion, once past by, is bald behind.
Pyramus and Thisbe, XV