Proverbial Wisdom

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

205. A prophet hath no honour in his own country.

The Bible

John 4:44

206. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Act II, Scene II

207. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.

George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)

The Island, Can. I, VI

208. A man’s vanity tells him what is honour, a man’s conscience what is justice.

Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)

Imaginary Conversations: Peter Leopold and President Du Paty (Leopold)

209. Maken vertue of necessite.

Geoffrey Chaucer (?1343-1400)

The Knight’s Tale, line 3044

210. So many are
The sufferings which no human aid can reach,
It needs must be a duty doubly sweet
To heal the few we can.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Zapolya, Pt II