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.
595. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.
The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127
596. Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.
Thoughts on Various Subjects
597.
Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.
He acts the third crime that defends the first.
Catiline (Cicero), Act III, Scene II
598.
Of all the paths lead to a woman’s love,
Pity’s the straightest.
The Knight of Malta (Mount Ferrat),
Act I, Scene I
599.
Dissensions like small streams are first begun;
Scarce seen they rise, but gather as they run.
The Dispensary, Can. III, line 184
600. He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.
Christian Morals, Pt I, XXXIV