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.
What custom hath endear’d
We part with sadly, though we prize it not.
Basil (Rosmberg), Act I, Scene II
710. He who does evil that good may come, pays a toll to the devil to let him into heaven.
Guesses at Truth, Vol. II, p. 213
711. Can man be free if woman be a slave?
The Revolt of Islam, II, XLIII
712. Talkers are no great doers.
Richard III (1st Murderer), Act I, Scene III
713.
Pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Tam o’ Shanter
714. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice, in a contemptible struggle.
On the Present Discontents