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.
73.
Sweet are the uses of adversity ;
Which like the toad ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
As You Like It (Duke Senior), Act II, Scene I
74.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
75.
He loves his bonds who, when the first are broke,
Submits his neck unto a second yoke.
Hesperides, 42
76. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III
77. Our hours in Love have wings; in absence, crutches.
Xerxes (Tamira), Act IV, Scene III
78. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?
Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences