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. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
356. They who possess the prince possess the laws.
Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 476
357.
Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang oursel’s united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.
‘Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?’
358.
An Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
Alphonsus: Emperor of Germany (Collen), Act I.
359.
What’s one man’s poison, signor,
Is another’s meat or drink.
Love’s Cure (Piorato), Act III, Scene II
360. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.
Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V