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.
427. The man who does all he can, in a low station, is more a hero than he who omits any worthy action he is able to accomplish in a great one.
Spectator, No. 248
428. It is too late to shutte the stable door when the steede is stolne.
Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit
429. A good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
Proverbial Philosophy. Of Reading, line 14
430.
Be not too rigidly censorious,
A string may jar in the best master’s hand,
And the most skilful archer miss his aim; —
I would not quarrel with a slight mistake.
Art of Poetry (translated from Horace), line 388
431. There is properly no history, only biography.
History
432.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone,
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
Othello (Duke), Act I, Scene II