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.
I mean not to run with the Hare and holde with the
Hounde.
Euphues, Euphues to Philautus
290. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.
The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I
291. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk I, Ch. VIII
292.
How happy could I be with either,
Were t’ other dear charmer away!
The Beggars’ Opera (Mac heath sings), Act II,
Scene II
293.
To follow foolish precedents and wink
With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
Tirocinium
294.
There swims no goose so grey,
but soon or late
She finds some honest gander for her mate.
The Wife of Bath, line 98