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.
451. A door without lock, is a bait for a knave.
The Points of Housewifery. After Supper Matters, 7
452. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.
Sonnet V. A Complaint
453. Some falsehood mingles with all truth.
The Golden Legend, IV
454. Every difficulty yields to the enterprising.
The Votary of Wealth (Leonard), Act IV., Scene I.
455. Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk II, Ch. II
456.
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever Fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates and calls for more.
Love of Fame, Sat. V, line 393