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.
469. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Letter to his Son. 6th Nov., 1747
470. Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
Twelfth Night (Clown), Act I, Scene V
471.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Julius Caesar (Caesar), Act II, Scene II
472. Nice customs court’sy to great kings.
Henry V (King Henry), Act V, Scene II
473.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.
King Lear (Lear), Act I, Scene IV
474.
He is as cowardly
That longer fears to live, as he that fears to die.
The Purple Island, Can. X, St. VIII