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.
553.
’Tis good in every cause, you know,
To have two strings unto our bow.
The Ghost, Bk IV, line 1296
554.
Repentance clothes in grass and flowers
The grave in which the past is laid.
The Penitent
555. They stumble, that run fast.
Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), Act II,
Scene III
556. Beggars must not be choosers.
The Provok’d Husband (Sir Francis), Act IV, Scene I
557.
We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape, till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.
Measure for Measure (Angelo), Act II, Scene I
558. More vacant pulpits would more converts make.
The Hind and the Panther, Pt III, line 182