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.
565. What signifies a few foolish angry words? they don’t break bones, nor give black eyes.
The Militant Couple (Bellair)
566. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Anatomy of Melancholy, Part I, Section II, Member IV
567. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
568.
Progress is
The law of life, man is not man as yet.
Paracelsus, V
569. Faint heart faire lady ne’er could win.
Brittain’s Ida, Can. V, St. I
570. Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Speech on the Indian Bill. Nov. 1783