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.
691. A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table, Ch. X
692. There’s daggers in men’s smiles.
Macbeth (Donalbain), Act II, Scene III
693. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.
Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV
694. Opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Areopagitica
695.
At every trifle scorn to take offence,
That always shows great pride or little sense.
Essay on Criticism, line 386
696. The hastie man never wanteth woe.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. II