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.
229. Courage from hearts, and not from numbers, grows.
Annus Mirabilis, LXXVI
230. Honesty is the best policy, but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.
Thoughts and Apothegms, Part II, Chapter XVIII
231.
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.
Fables, Pt I, Fable XVII
232. A man is never too old to learn.
Mayor of Queenborough (Simon), Act V, Scene I
233. Friends are not so easily made as kept.
Maxims of State, XII
234.
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