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.
349. To judge wisely I suppose we must know how things appear to the unwise.
Daniel Deronda, Bk IV, Chap. XXIX
350. An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Letter to his Son, 9th October, 1746
351. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
352. 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
353. Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
Political Essays, On the Clerical Character
354.
Be proud of those strong sons of thine
Who wrenched their rights from thee!
England and America