Proverbial Wisdom

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

613. On adamant our wrongs we all engrave,
But write our benefits upon the wave.

William King (1663-1712)

The Art of Love, line 971

614. To observations which ourselves we make,
We grow more partial for the observer’s sake.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 11

615. Marriage is a matter of more worth
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry VI, Pt I (Suffolk), Act V, Scene VI

616. Rest springs from strife, and dissonant chords beget Divinest harmonies.

Lewis Morris (1833-1907)

Songs of Two Worlds. Love’s Suicide

617. If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.

George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Mill on the Floss (Maggie), Bk VI, Ch. XIV

618. Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty, but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good nature.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

Spectator, No. 306