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.
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
482.
Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps,
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.
Night Thoughts, Night VI, line 309
483.
So many are
The sufferings which no human aid can reach,
It needs must be a duty doubly sweet
To heal the few we can.
Zapolya, Pt II
484. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Henry IV, Pt II (King Henry), Act III, Scene I
485. The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him.
Proverbs 16:26
486. The better part of valour is discretion.
Henry IV, Pt I (Falstaff), Act V, Scene IV