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.
247. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II
248. Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
The Complete Angler (Piscator), Bk. I., Ch. II.
249.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow’s sun to thee may never rise.
Letter to Cobham
250. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III
251. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
252. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.
Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3