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.
457.
Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, ‘Let Newton be!’ and all was light.
Epitaph intended for Sir Isaac Newton
458.
The bad man’s cunning still prepares the way
For its own outwitting.
Zapolya, Sc. I
459.
’Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,
Another thing to fall.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Sc. I
460.
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II
461. He’s half absolv’d who has confessed.
Alma, Can. II, line 22
462. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good nature.
Spectator, No. 306