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.
397. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
398. There’s no erring twice in love and war.
Love Triumphant over Reason, line 88
399.
Oppression, that sharp two-edged sword,
That others wounds, and wounds likewise his Lord.
Civil War, Bk VI, XIV
400.
If trod upon, a worm
Will turn again.
The Spanish Gipsy (Constanza), Act V, Scene I
401. When the people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Ernest Maltravers, Bk VI, Chap. V
402.
Health is the first good lent to men;
A gentle disposition then;
Next, to be rich by no by-ways;
Lastly, with friends t’ enjoy our days.
Hesperides, 121