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 cord breaketh at the last by the weakest pull.
Quoted by Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626).
Essay XV, Of Seditions and Troubles
428. Look ere ye leape.
Proverbs, Bk. I., Ch. II.
429.
The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For that were stupid and irrational;
But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues,
And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Basil, Act III, Scene I
430. Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.
Song, ‘Home, Sweet Home’. From his Opera, ‘Clari, The Maid of Milan’
431. Not to put too fine a point upon it.
Bleak House (Mr Snagsby), Chap. XI
432. Those who have endeavoured to teach to die well, have taught few to die willingly.
Letter to Mr Jos. Baretti, 10th June, 1761