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.
967. All hoods make not monks.
Henry VIII (Queen Katharine), Act III, Scene I
968.
Laws are vain, by which we right enjoy,
If kings unquestioned can those laws destroy.
Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 763
969.
There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds.
In Memoriam, XCVI
970. Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
Political Essays, On the Clerical Character
971. It’s a melancholy consideration indeed, that our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and that an increase of our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
The Good-Natured Man (Honey wood), Act I
972. The virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel.
The Vicar of Wakefield, Chap. V