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.
745. Men’s words are ever bolder than their deeds.
Piccolomini, Act I, Scene IV
746. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.
The Island, Can. I, VI
747. Old friends are best.
Table Talk. Friends
748.
Friendship’s like musick; two strings tun’d alike,
Will both stirre; though only one you strike.
Job Militant, Sec 7, Med. 7
749. 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
750. 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