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.
31. A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.
Political Essays: On Court Influence
32.
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677
33. Two of a trade can ne’er agree.
Fables, XXL
34. Fast bind, fast find.
The Merchant of Venice (Shylock), Act II, Scene V
35.
In cases of defence ’tis best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems.
Henry V (Dauphin), Act II, Scene IV
36.
Fashion too often makes a monstrous noise,
Bids us, a fickle jade, like fools adore
The poorest trash, the meanest toys.
Odes to the Royal Academicians, XI