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.
499.
A good man should and must
Sit rather down with loss, than rise unjust.
Sejanus (Sabinus), Act IV, Scene III
500. What better school for manners, than the company of virtuous women?
Essay XIV, The Rise of Arts and Sciences
501.
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
502.
If trod upon, a worm
Will turn again.
The Spanish Gipsy (Constanza), Act V, Scene I
503. Some ease it is hid sorrows to declare.
Sonnet V. A Complaint
504. A rolling stone gathers no moss.