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.
517. You may know him by his company.
Love in a Wood (Sir Simon), Act I, Scene I
518.
From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.
The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I
519. A prophet hath no honour in his own country.
John 4:44
520. There never was a good war or a bad peace.
Letter to Quincy, 11th Sept., 1773
521.
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
522. Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.
Sejanus (Tiberius), Act I, Scene II