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.
361. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Pilgrim’s Progress (Interpreter), Book I
362.
A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
Love’s Labour Lost (Rosaline), Act V, Sc. II
363. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
Song, ‘Home, Sweet Home’. From his Opera, ‘Clari, The Maid of Milan’
364.
O what’s a table richly spread,
Without a woman at its head!
The Progress of Discontent
365. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
366. Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Success