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.
It’s gude to be merry and wise,
It’s gude to be honest and true,
It’s good to be off wi’ the old love
Before ye be on wi’ the new.
The Bride of Lammermoor, Ch. XXIX.
Misquoting an old Scottish song.
74. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Social Aims
75. Many little leaks may sink a ship.
Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.
76.
Truth is always strange, —
Stranger than fiction.
Don Juan, Can. XIV, St. 101
77. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Odes to Rosa
78. One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Adzuma, or The Japanese Wife (Sakamune),
Act II, Scene V