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.
25. Best things carry’d to excess are wrong.
The Rosciad, line 1039
26. They stumble, that run fast.
Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), Act II,
Scene III
27.
A man loveth more tenderlie
The thing that he hath bought most dere.
Romaunt of the Rose, line 2737
28.
Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.
The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I
29.
Bold knaves thrive, without one grain of sense.
But good men starve for want of impudence.
Epilogue XII, To “Constantine the Great”
30. Fore-warn’d, fore-arm’d.
The Drummer (Abigail), Act IV, Scene I