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. Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor.
Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act II, Sc. III
470. Loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.
Sonnet, XXXV.
471.
Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Tam o’ Shanter
472. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
Endymion, line 1
473.
Unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
Henry VI, Pt I (Bedford), Act II, Scene II
474.
I have no spur,
To prick the sides of my intent, but only
Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself,
And falls on the other.
Macbeth (Macbeth), Act I, Scene VII