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.
337. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II
338.
Better build schoolrooms for the boy,
Than cells and gibbets for the man.
A Song for the Ragged Schools
339. It will never out of the flesh that’s bred in the bone.
Every Man in his Humour (Downright), Act II,
Scene I
340.
All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.
Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172
341. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
Poor Richard’s Almanac
342. Industry is a loadstone to draw all good things.
Anatomy of Melancholy. Democritus to the Reader.