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.
355.
’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.
The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296
356. Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Letters on the Regicide Peace, III, 1797
357. Great joys, like griefs, are silent.
Holland’s Leaguer (Philautus), Act V, Scene I
358. Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
Silas Marner (Nancy), Chap. XVIII
359.
The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.
They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair
360. Avarice, the spur of industry.
Essay XII: Of Civil Liberty