Proverbial Wisdom

Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.

787. Laws are vain, by which we right enjoy,
If kings unquestioned can those laws destroy.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 763

788. Accursed is the march of that glory
Which treads o’er the hearts of the free.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

Irish Melodies, Forget not the Fiel

789. Wit is a form of force that leaves the limbs at rest.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Felix Holt, Ch. XXX

790. The hastie man never wanteth woe.

John Heywood (?1497-?1580)

Proverbs, Bk I, Ch. II

791. The eye is traitor to the heart.

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)

That the Eye bewrayeth, etc..

792. Our deeds still travel with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Middlemarch, Ch. LXX, head lines