Proverbial Wisdom

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

469. Avarice, the spur of industry.

David Hume (1711-1776)

Essay XII: Of Civil Liberty

470. The society exists for the benefit of its members; not the members for the benefit of the society.

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

The Principles of Sociology, Sec. 222

471. Talking and eloquence are not the same; to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

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.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Essay on Man

473. Flatterers looke like friends, as wolves, like dogges.

George Chapman (1559-1634)

Byron’s Conspiracie, Act III, Scene I

474. Better not do the deed than weep it done.

Matthew Prior (1664-1721)

Henry and Emma