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.
175. A door without lock, is a bait for a knave.
The Points of Housewifery. After Supper Matters, 7
176. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance
177. Those who believe a thing make others believe most.
Imaginary Conversations, Peter Leopold and
President Du Patey
178.
That in the captain’s but a cholerick word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene III
179.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new hatched, unfledged comrade.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
180. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.
Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V