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.
505. How ill white hairs become a fool and jester.
Henry IV, Pt. II (King), Act V, Scene V
506.
The strawberry grows underneath the nettle,
And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
Neighbour’d by fruit of baser quality.
Henry V (Bishop of Ely), Act I, Scene I
507.
Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes
Lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes:
Antiquity and birth are needless here;
’Tis impudence and money makes a peer.
The True-born Englishman, Pt I
508. It is one thing to shew a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
Essay on the Human Understanding, Bk IV, Ch VII, §11
509.
Him who ne’er listened to the voice of praise
The silence of neglect can ne’er appal.
The Minstrel Bk I, St. 2
510. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Essays, State Tamperings with Money and Banks