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.
475.
Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old;
It is the rust we value, not the gold.
Imitations of Horace, Bk II, Ep. I
476. Lernyng wythout vertue ys pernycyouse and pestylent.
England in the Reign of Henry VIII, Bk II, Ch. III
477. Man proposeth, God disposeth.
Jacula Prudentum
478.
Nothing speaks our griefe so well
As to speak nothing.
Upon the Death of a Gentleman, line 27
479.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Elegy in a Country Churchyard
480.
There’s no wound deeper than a pen can give,
It makes men living dead, and dead men live.
A Kicksey-Winsey, Pt 7