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. The more haste the lesse speede.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. II
116.
Your evidence was lame:— proceed:
Come, help your lame dog o’er the stile.
Poems, Upon the Horrid Plot etc. (Whig and Tory)
117.
Pride,
Howe’er disguised in its own majesty,
Is littleness.
Poems Written in Youth, VII
118.
Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light.
Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton
119.
Friendship’s like musick; two strings tun’d alike,
Will both stirre; though only one you strike.
Job Militant, Sec 7, Med. 7
120. Dull is the jester when the joke’s unkind.
Love of Fame, Sat. II, line 124