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.
67. Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
The Wealth of Nations, Bk V, Pt III, Art. III
68. The best elixir is a friend.
The Hip
69.
From shaven chins never came better justice
Than those ne’er touched by razor.
The Old Law (Eugenia), Act V, Scene I
70.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress’d.
Retirement, line 623
71.
He that, to his prejudice, will do
A noble action and a gen’rous too,
Deserves to wear a more resplendent crown
Than he that hath a thousand battles won.
Cruelty and Lust, line 399
72. Them as ha’ never had a cushion don’t miss it.
Adam Bede (Mrs Poyser), Bk VI Chap. XLIX