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.
469. Avarice, the spur of industry.
Essay XII: Of Civil Liberty
470. The society exists for the benefit of its members; not the members for the benefit of the society.
The Principles of Sociology, Sec. 222
471. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.
Discoveries
472.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face.
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Essay on Man
473. Flatterers looke like friends, as wolves, like dogges.
Byron’s Conspiracie, Act III, Scene I
474. Better not do the deed than weep it done.
Henry and Emma