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.
301.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act IV, Scene III
302. Make the doors upon a woman’s wit, and it will out at the casement; shut that and ’twill out at the key-hole; stop that, ’twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney.
As You Like It (Rosalind), Act IV, Scene I
303. Better not do the deed than weep it done.
Henry and Emma
304.
Our charity begins at home,
And mostly ends where it begins.
Horace in London, Bk II, Ode XV
305. Virtue’s its own reward.
The Provoked Wife (Lady Brute), Act I, Scene I
306. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.
Thoughts on Various Subjects