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.
709. Visible governments are the toys of some nations, the diseases of others, the harness of some, the burdens of more.
Sesame and Lilies, Lecture I, 42
710.
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find;
Occasion, once past by, is bald behind.
Pyramus and Thisbe, XV
711.
’Tis when the wound is stiffening with the cold,
The warrior first feels pain; ’tis when the heat
And fiery fever of the soul is past,
The sinner feels remorse.
The Monastery, Chap. XXIII
712. There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
As recorded by James Boswell in his ‘Life of Johnson’
713. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Ephesians 4:26
714. The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Political Essays. On the Connection between
Toad Eaters and Tyrants.