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.
679. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II
680. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.
Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V
681. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.
The Rosciad, line 1039
682.
Valour’s whetstone, anger,
Which sets an edge upon the sword, and makes it
Cut with a spirit.
The Muses’ Looking-Glass (Colax),
Act III, Scene III
683. Great talkers are never great doers.
Blurt, Master-Constable (Third Lady), Act Scene I
684. Great men are too often unknown, or, what is worse, misknown.
Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. III