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.
733.
Reputation is what men and women think of us.
Character is what God and angels know of us.
734. To be a fine gentleman is to be a generous and a brave man.
The Spectator, No. 75
735. Riches can’t always purchase happiness.
The Wedding (Traveller)
736. For hyt is commynly sayd ‘Many yes see bettur than one’.
England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk I,
Ch. IV, 3 (Pole)
737. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.
Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV
738. Woe to the crown that doth the cowl obey!
Ecclesiastical Sonnets, Pt I, XXIX