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.
589. They only babble who practise not reflection.
Pizarro (Elvira), Act I, Scene I
590.
Generous commerce binds
The round of nations in a golden chain.
Seasons, Summer, line 138
591. If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
The Mill on the Floss (Maggie), Bk VI, Ch. XIV
592.
Laws are vain, by which we right enjoy,
If kings unquestioned can those laws destroy.
Absalom and Achitophel, Pt I, line 763
593. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The Traveller, line 386
594. Damn with faint praise.
Prologue to the Satires