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.
211. Sir, hell is paved with good intentions.
As given by James Boswell, in his Life of Johnson
212.
The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.
Zapolya, Sc. I
213. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.
Jacula Prudentum
214.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
King Lear (Lear), Act I, Scene IV
215.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
216. You can’t judge a horse by the harness.