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.
577. The colt that’s back’d and burden’d being young, Loseth his pride, and never waxeth strong.
Venus and Adonis, St. 70
578.
Better, tho’ difficult, the right way to go,
Than wrong, tho’ easy, where the end is wo.
Pilgrim’s Progress
579. Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.
Melincourt (Sir T. Paxarett), Ch. VII
580. Birds of a feather will gather together.
581.
Him who ne’er listened to the voice of praise
The silence of neglect can ne’er appal.
The Minstrel Bk I, St. 2
582.
A burthen’d conscience
Will never need a hangman.
Laws of Candy (Cassilane), Act V, Scene I