Proverbial Wisdom

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.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations, Rousseau and Malesherbes

674. The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Preface to his Dictionary

675. A death for love’s no death but martyrdom.

Henry Glapthorne (1610-1643)

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.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)

Vanity Fair, Chap. II

677. Truth is always strange, —
Stranger than fiction.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

Don Juan, Can. XIV, St. 101

678. In political discussion heat is in inverse proportion to knowledge.

James George Cotton Minchin (1851-1933)

The Growth of Freedom in the
Balkan Peninsula, p. 127