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.
67. New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason, but because they are not already common.
Essay on the Human Understanding,
Dedicatory Epistle
68. Hunger makes coarse meats delicate.
Hesperides, 107
69. Do the duty that lies nearest thee; which thou knowest to be a duty. The second duty will already become clearer.
Sartor Resartus, Bk II, Ch. IX
70. Who reproves the lame, must go upright.
Civil War, Bk III, X
71. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.
Twelfth Night (Malvolio, Letter), Act II, Scene V
72. Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Timon of Athens (First Senator), Act III, Scene V