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.
Be proud of those strong sons of thine
Who wrenched their rights from thee!
England and America
236.
I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek
That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.
(Trans. — I hold a mouse's heart not worth a leek
That has but one hole to run to.)
Wife of Bath’s Prologue, line 572
237. Rich, beyond the dreams of avarice.
As recorded in James Boswell’s ‘Life of Johnson’
238.
Man is a creature of a wilful head,
And hardly driven is, but eas’ly led.
The Queen’s Arcadia (Ergastus), Act IV, Scene V
239. To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
Romola, Chap. XXXIX
240. But the tongue can no man tame.
James 3:8