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. There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
As recorded by James Boswell in his ‘Life of Johnson’
278.
He that doth live at home, and learns to know
God and himself, needeth no further go.
The Synagogue, Travels at Home
279. Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
Christian Moderation. Introduction.
280. You must cut your coat according to your cloth.
281. One ear it heard, at the other out it went.
Troilus and Cresscide, Bk IV, line 435
282. Grief makes one hour ten.
Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act I, Scene III