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.
157.
The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.
The Merchant of Venice (Portia), Act V, Scene I
158. Many little leaks may sink a ship.
Holy and Profane States; Holy State: The Good Servant.
159. Need hath no law.
Piers the Plowman, Passus XXIII, line 10
160. 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
161. ’Tis not the fight that crowns but the end.
Hesperides, 341
162. Great talkers are never great doers.
Blurt, Master-Constable (Third Lady), Act Scene I