Proverbial Wisdom

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

145. Property has its duties as well as its rights.

Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797-1863)

Letter. When Viceroy of Ireland.

146. 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

147. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Discoveries

148. Some bookes are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Essay L, Of Studies

149. A man’s disposition is never well known till he be crossed.

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Advancement of Learning, Bk II

150. He is as cowardly
That longer fears to live, as he that fears to die.

Phineas Fletcher (1582-1650)

The Purple Island, Can. X, St. VIII