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.
145.
A glorious charter, deny it who can,
Is breathed in the words, I’m an Englishman.
The Englishman
146.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.
Retirement, line 623
147.
You may deride my awkward pace,
But slow and steady wins the race.
Fables. The Hare and the Tortoise
148. Great joys, like griefs, are silent.
Holland’s Leaguer (Philautus), Act V, Scene I
149. Love me, love my dog.
150. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II