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.
409.
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at.
Othello (Iago), Act I, Scene I
410. Society in poverty is better than solitude in wealth.
Melincourt (Mr Forrester), Ch. XII
411. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
412. God’s mills grind slow, but sure.
Jacula Prudentum
413.
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Cato (Cato), Act II, Scene I
414.
I holde a mouses herte nat worth a leek
That hath but oon hole for to sterte to.
(Trans. — I hold a mouse's heart not worth a leek
That has but one hole to run to.)
Wife of Bath’s Prologue, line 572