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.
673. There is no state in Europe where the least wise have not governed the most wise.
Imaginary Conversations, Rousseau and Malesherbes
674. The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
Preface to his Dictionary
675. A death for love’s no death but martyrdom.
Revenge for Honour, Caropia, Act IV, Scene II
676. The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
Vanity Fair, Chap. II
677.
Truth is always strange, —
Stranger than fiction.
Don Juan, Can. XIV, St. 101
678. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.
The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127