Proverbial Wisdom

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

67. A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

The Bible

Proverbs 15:13

68. True friendship’s laws are by this rule expressed,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Homer’s Odyssey, Bk XV, line 83

69. Of all the paths lead to a woman’s love,
Pity’s the straightest.

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616) and John Fletcher (1579-1625)

The Knight of Malta (Mount Ferrat),
Act I, Scene I

70. Help refused
Is hindrance sought and found.

Robert Browning (1812-1889)

Ferishtah’s Fancies, Two Camels

71. We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love another.

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Thoughts on Various Subjects

72. History is Philosophy teaching by examples.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)

On the Study and Use of History, Letter II