Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

661. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

Adam Smith (1723-1790)

The Wealth of Nations

662. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Social Aims

663. One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.

Beilby Porteus (1731-1809)

Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)

664. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience companions her.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)

The Ethics of the Dust, The Crystal Orders

665. Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear;
Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771)

Elegy in a Country Churchyard

666. Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang oursel’s united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

‘Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?’