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.
79. 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
80. Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Letter. When Viceroy of Ireland.
81.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in,
Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
82. Need hath no law.
Piers the Plowman, Passus XXIII, line 10
83.
What custom hath endear’d
We part with sadly, though we prize it not.
Basil (Rosmberg), Act I, Scene II
84. Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Essay on the Faculties of the Mind