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.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
230.
Get place and wealth, if possible with grace;
If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Imitations of Horace, Bk I, Ep. I
231. Necessity never made a good bargain.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
232. Better not do the deed than weep it done.
Henry and Emma
233.
What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.
Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II
234.
Fashion too often makes a monstrous noise,
Bids us, a fickle jade, like fools adore
The poorest trash, the meanest toys.
Odes to the Royal Academicians, XI