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.
403.
Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.
The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I
404.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
405. When ingratitude barbs the dart of injury, the wound has double danger in it.
The School for Scandal (Jos. Surface), Act IV, Scene III
406. He pays the half who does confess the debt.
Hesperides, 226
407. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.
Venus and Adonis, St. 70
408. Men’s words are ever bolder than their deeds.
Piccolomini, Act I, Scene IV