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.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
Henry VIII (Norfolk), Act I, Scene I
369. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
Discoveries
370. Small things make base men proud.
Henry VI, Pt II (Suffolk), Act IV, Scene I
371.
Pride goeth before destruction,
And an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
372. When th’ iron is hot, strike.
Proverbs, Bk I, Chap. III