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.
13.
The man that lays his hand upon a woman,
Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch
Whom ’t were gross flattery to name a coward.
The Honeymoon, Act II, Scene I
14. Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Letters on the Regicide Peace, III, 1797
15. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.
The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I
16. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747
17. For all our works a recompence is sure: ’Tis sweet to think on what was hard t’ endure.
Hesperides, 851
18.
There smiles no Paradise on earth so fair
But guilt will raise avenging phantoms there.
The Abencerrage, Can. 1