Proverbial Wisdom

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

655. The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

King Lear (Edgar), Act V, Scene III

656. Power is the grim idol that the world adores.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Political Essays. On the Connexion between
Toad-Eaters and Tyrants

657. If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Henry IV., Pt. I. (Prince Henry), Act I., Scene II.

658. He makes a foe who makes a jest.

John Gay (1685-1732)

Fables, Pt. I, XLVI

659. Grief best is pleas’d with grief’s society.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Rape of Lucrece, St. 159

660. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.

John Milton (1608-1674)

Paradise Lost, Bk IV, line 677