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.
373. To be a fine gentleman is to be a generous and a brave man.
The Spectator, No. 75
374. Lawyers are always more ready to get a man into troubles than out of them.
The Good-Natured Man (Garnet), Act III
375. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.
Venus and Adonis, St. 70
376. You cannot get blood out of a stone.
377. Rest springs from strife, and dissonant chords beget Divinest harmonies.
Songs of Two Worlds. Love’s Suicide
378. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Pilgrim’s Progress (Interpreter), Book I