Proverbial Wisdom

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

163. There’s a new tribunal now
Higher than God’s — the educated man’s!

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

The Ring and the Book, X, line 1977

164. Life has no path so short as to renown !

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873)

King Arthur, Bk XII, CLXI

165. A penny for your thought.

John Lyly (?1553-1606)

Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit

166. Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

Scenes from Clerical Life. Janet’s Repentance

167. Hunger makes coarse meats delicate.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674)

Hesperides, 107

168. Swift instinct leaps; slow Reason feebly climbs.

Edward Young (1683-1765)

Night Thoughts, Night VII, line 82