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.
31. A man’s vanity tells him what is honour, a man’s conscience what is justice.
Imaginary Conversations: Peter Leopold and President Du Paty (Leopold)
32. Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
Scenes of Clerical Life: Mr Gilfil’s Love Story
33. The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
Felix Holt, Ch. XIII
34.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice:
Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Hamlet (Polonius), Act I, Scene III
35. Reading is seeing by proxy.
The Study of Sociology, Ch. XV
36. There is truth in falsehood, falsehood in truth.
A Soul’s Tragedy , Act II