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.
277.
Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309
278. A bad excuse is better, they say, than none at all.
The Schoole of Abuse
279. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II
280.
Curiosity
Does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
Ode on Chair made of Sir F. Drake’s Ship, IV
281.
When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy
What art can wash her guilt away?
The only art her guilt to cover,
To hide her shame from every eye,
To give repentance to her lover,
And wring his bosom is — to die.
The Vicar of Wakefield, Chap. XXIV
282. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
The Comedy of Errors (Dromio), Act IV, Scene III