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.
115.
Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.
The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I
116. If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
The Mill on the Floss (Maggie), Bk VI, Ch. XIV
117. Not to put too fine a point upon it.
Bleak House (Mr Snagsby), Chap. XI
118. Poison itself is a remedy in some diseases, and there is nothing so evil but what may be converted to purposes of good.
The Broad Stone of Honour. Godefridus, XII
119.
He is not worthy of the honey-comb,
Who shuns the hives because the bees have stings.
Locrine (Hubba), Act III, Scene II
120.
Throw no gift againe the giver’s head;
For better is halfe a lofe than no bread.
Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. XI