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.
727. The better wit is, the more dangerous is it.
Imaginary Conversations. Middleton and Magliabecchi
728. Rich, beyond the dreams of avarice.
As recorded in James Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson’
729. What should they know of England who only England know?
The English Flag
730. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.
Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act II, Sc. III
731.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133
732.
Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth go;
Comfort’s a cripple, and comes ever slow.
The Baron’s Wars, Bk II, XXVIII