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.
109.
True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83
110. The clothing of our minds certainly ought to be regarded before that of our bodies.
Spectator, No. 75.
111. Eke wonder last but nine daies never in town.
Troilus and Cresseide
112.
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night
113.
I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the
Hounde.
Euphues, Euphues to Philautus
114. He that first cries out ‘Stop thief!’ is often he that has stolen the treasure.
Love for Love (Scandal), Act III, Scene XIV