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.
The simplest pleasures must welcome be
When a friendly hand prepares them.
They may talk of scenes that are bright and fair
404.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Othello (Iago), Act II, Scene III
405.
True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth and choice.
Cynthia’s Revels (Arete), Act III, Scene II
406.
One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)
407. Look ere ye leape.
Proverbs, Bk. I., Ch. II.
408. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.
Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Letter), Act II, Scene V