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.
235. Sir, hell is paved with good intentions.
As given by James Boswell, in his Life of Johnson
236. There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
The Drummer (Vellum), Act V, Scene I
237. There’s daggers in men’s smiles.
Macbeth (Donalbain), Act II, Scene III
238. Damn with faint praise.
Prologue to the Satires
239.
O wad some pow’r the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
And ev’n devotion.
To a Louse
240. They only have lived long, who have lived virtuously.
Pizarro (Alonzo), Act IV, Scene I