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.
949.
One murder made a villain;
Millions a hero. Princes were privileg’d
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
Death, line 155 (speaking of how war came into the world)
950. Nicknames and whippings, when they are once laid on, no one has discovered how to take off.
Imaginary Conversations,
Peter Leopold and President Du Paty
951.
In fair virtue’s heavenly road,
The cottage leaves the palace far behind.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night
952. A penny sav’d’s a penny got.
The Sweet Scented Miser, line 30
953. If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
Science and Culture.
On Elementary Instruction in Physiology.
954. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.
The Island, Can. I, VI