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.
79. Ignorance is a blank sheet on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one on which we must first erase.
Lacon, I
80. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
The Comedy of Errors (Dromio), Act IV, Scene III
81.
Be England what she will,
With all her faults, she is my country still.
The Farewell, line 27
82.
One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)
83. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.
The Golden Legend, IV
84. Let’s fear no storm before we feel a show’r.
The Baron’s Wars, Bk III, LV