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.
Sweet are the uses of adversity ;
Which like the toad ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
As You Like It (Duke Senior), Act II, Scene I
476. His heart runs away with his head.
Who Wants a Guinea? (Heartly), Act I, Scene I
477. Great men are seldom over scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
Pickwick, Ch. II
478. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
The Tatler, No. 147
479. Lydia, you ought to know that lying don’t become a young woman!
The Rivals (Mrs Malaprop), Act III., Scene III.
480.
All who joy would win
Must share it, — Happiness was born a twin.
Don Juan, Can. II, St. 172