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.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits,
Where hope is coldest, and despair most sits.
All’s Well that Ends Well (Helena), Act II,
Scene I
518. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
The Mill on the Floss, Bk IV, Ch. III
519. Loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.
Sonnet, XXXV.
520.
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
521. Enough is as good as a feast.
Love in a Village (Hawthorne sings), Act III,
Scene I
522.
It is the bright day, that brings forth the adder;
And that craves wary walking.
Julius Caesar (Brutus), Act II, Scene I