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.
241. Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Richard II (Gaunt), Act II, Scene I
242.
Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Essay on Criticism, Pt II, line 133
243. He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it is a saint; that boasteth of it is a devil.
Holy and Profane States. Holy State, of Self-Praising
244.
A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.
Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I
245. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.
The Island, Can. I, VI
246.
All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.
Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172