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.
289. Courage scorns the death it cannot shun.
The Conquest of Granada, Pt II (Almanzar), Act IV, Scene II
290. The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk VI, Ch. III
291.
Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes:
Antiquity and birth are needless here;
’Tis impudence and money makes a peer.
The True-born Englishman, Pt I
292. Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
Romola, Bk III, Ch. XLVIII
293. If thou wilt go seek for a thief, no wonder if thou be robbed.
Christian Ethics
294. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning.
The Idler, No. 70