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.
367.
’Tis not what man Does which exalts him,
But what man Would do!
Saul, XVIII
368.
The English winter — ending in July
To recommence in August.
Don Juan, Can. XIII, St. 42
369. There’s daggers in men’s smiles.
Macbeth (Donalbain), Act II, Scene III
370.
We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene I
371.
Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And ev’ry grin, so merry draws one out.
Expostulatory Odes, XV
372.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Cymbeline (Belarius), Act III, Scene VI