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.
481.
What is a law, if those who make it
Become the forwardest to break it?
The Wolf and the Shepherds
482. Repentance is a pitiful scoundrel, that never brought back a single yesterday.
The Road to Ruin (Harry Dornton), Act II,
Scene II
483. Brevity is the soul of wit.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act II, Scene II
484. Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Letter to J. Boswell, Esq., 1766
485.
What female heart can gold despise?
What cat’s averse to fish?
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat
486. Grief makes one hour ten.
Richard II (Bolingbroke), Act I, Scene III