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.
715. He jests at scars, that never felt a wound.
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Act II, Scene II
716.
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
717. He that will have cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding.
Troilus and Cressida (Pandarus), Act I, Scene I
718.
Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense.
But good men starve for want of impudence.
Epilogue XII, To “Constantine the Great”
719. It is an ill winde turnes none to good.
Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, No. 13
720.
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