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.
589. He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
Essays of Elia, All Fools’ Day
590.
Let us not burden our remembrance with
An heaviness that’s gone.
The Tempest (Prospero), Act V, Scene I
591.
He that mounts him on the swiftest hope,
Shall often run his courser to a stand.
Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III (King Henry), Act I,
Scene I
592.
That man that hath a tongue I say is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman.
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine),
Act III, Scene I
593.
One sickly sheep infects the flock,
And poisons all the rest.
Songs for Children, XXI
594. It’s ill livin’ in a hen-roost for them as doesn’t like fleas.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser)