Proverbial Wisdom

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

349. To bear is to conquer our fate.

Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)

On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire

350. No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

Adam Smith (1723-1790)

The Wealth of Nations, Bk I, Ch. VIII

351. For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth: Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.

Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-1889)

Proverbial Philosophy, Of Truth in Things False, 3

352. But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies they themselves commit.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

The Merchant of Venice (Jessica), Act II, Scene VI

353. More liberty begets desire of more;
The hunger still increases with the store.

John Dryden (1631-1700)

The Hind and the Panther, Pt I, line 519

354. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

In Conversation with Sir Joshua Reynolds