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.
265.
Of all the paths lead to a woman’s love,
Pity’s the straightest.
The Knight of Malta (Mount Ferrat),
Act I, Scene I
266. None but the brave deserves the fair.
Alexander’s Feast
267.
We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held.
Poems to National Independence, Pt I, XVI
268.
A custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance.
Hamlet (Hamlet), Act I, Scene IV
269. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I
270. Philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.
The Good-Natured Man (Jarvis), Act I