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.
661. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
The Wealth of Nations
662. Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Social Aims
663.
One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)
664. Hope herself ceases to be happiness when impatience companions her.
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.
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.
‘Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?’